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Barabbas (DVD)
Filippo Nigro, Marco Foschi, Giampiero Judica, Paolo Seganti, Valentina Carnelutti, …
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Billy Zane stars as the biblical figure Barabbas in this
made-for-TV feature directed by Roger Young. The drama recounts the
story of the violent thief Barabbas who was freed and spared death
by prefect Pontius Pilate (Filippo Nigro) over Jesus (Marco Foschi)
at Passover prior to his crucifixion. A subsequent arrest sentences
him to 20 years of labour in a dangerous mine where he is tortured
by the knowledge that an innocent man died in his place. Upon
release, fate grants him the chance to become a Roman gladiator and
the opportunity to fight for his freedom.
Southern Rhodesia, Central Africa: March, 1914. A trooper of
police, sent to contain a lawless settlement near Bulawayo, the
country's largest city, told on his arrival that the violence there
was caused by 'government restrictions' (not true), took them at
their word and made a single, simple rule, 'No one may initiate the
use of force, including me.'Common Law would be upheld, he said
(robbery, rape, fraud etc.): Statute Law (restrictions) wouldn't.
If they obeyed it, so would he: that was the deal, and his grim
reputation needed only to be tested once. After that he withdrew
and let them all get on with their affairs. He was thought to be
from the American Far West; and his rule being based upon a moral
principle, 'Initiating force is wrong', which can't be circumvented
by the Law, police, politics, or even at the will of a majority,
with taxes and legislation set aside and everything done
willy-nilly by agreement, not by vote, sure enough and right away
Queenstown became like one in the American Far West: a free
society. But with this difference: 'No Force' eliminated government
of any kind. Question: But how can a society exist, let alone
succeed, without a government? Answer: This is what the book is all
about.
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