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Jim Caviezel is Luminous in The Thin Red Line


He personifies Zen and he is an absolute marvel as Private Witt (in an absolutely marvellous film).

I sleep now.

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I had read in an interview that Jim's performance in this film had been Mel Gibson's inspiration to cast him in The Passion of the Christ. Particularly Jim's last scene before he is killed by the squad of Japanese scouts.

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I can see why.

I sleep now.

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