The Da Vinci Code

Studio 360

Christianity as we know it is coming to an end: Sony Pictures’ adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestseller The Da Vinci Code is being released this week. With the help of novelist Anne Rice, Kurt Andersen tries to decode the controversy.

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