The Wonders of the Vatican Library

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Actor: Wonders of the Vatican Library
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 135 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-03-30
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Melee

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Movie Review: Waste of Money!
Summary: 1 Stars

From the meager info provided by this website regarding this Vatican Library documentary, I decided to take a chance and purchase it, with the hope of using some of the images to visually enhance some of my art history lectures. (college classes)
What a disappointment! This tape is far from an informative documentary. Rather than specific focus on individual artists, craftsmen, and their work, this is a sentimental overview of the "glories" of the various popes, complete with backround music of heavenly choirs. A Waste of time and money!

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Summary of The Wonders of the Vatican Library

More than a repository of priceless art and antiquities, the Vatican Apostolic Library, as we learn in the compelling The Wonders of the Vatican Library, is a veritable history of the Church of Rome and its governance of Catholic dogma. Written and directed by Vincenzo Labella, producer of Franco Zeffirelli's beautiful Jesus of Nazareth, Wonders is not so much for armchair tourists as it is for fans of great storytelling drama. The cornerstone of the Vatican, Labella tells us, is the fact of St. Peter's martyrdom, which inspired construction of both the Basilica and the Library. While the latter contains many precious manuscripts and staggeringly beautiful gifts from faraway lands, its most important asset are scores of frescoes depicting such important events as the church's Council of Trent, a response to Luther's Reformation. A second disc in this volume concerns a fascinating history of the Rosary and its roots in the cult of Mary-worship. --Tom Keogh

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