if we had but faith

BAIRD WHITLOCK AS AUTOLOCHUS: This Hebrew is son of the one God, the God of this far-flung tribe. And why shouldn’t God’s anointed appear here, among these strange people, in this strange place? Here, Gracchus, in this sundrenched land. Why should he not take this form — the form of an ordinary man? A man bringing us not the old truths, but a new one. GRACCHUS: A new truth? AUTOLOCHUS: A truth beyond the truth that we can see. A truth beyond this world, a truth told not in words but in light. A truth that we could see if we had but … if we had but — but — DIRECTOR: Cut. CUT! Faith. Had but faith. BAIRD WHITLOCK: Faith. Faith! FAITH!! Goddamn! Isn’t it — DIRECTOR: They changed it. ACTOR PLAYING GRACCHUS: You got most of it, man. You’re all right. BAIRD: All right, hang on. ACTOR PLAYING GRACCHUS: Can I get a patdown, I’m sweatin’ like a pig in this thing. BAIRD: Ahhh, son of a bitch! It was a complicated 24 hours for Baird Whitlock. The oddities began as he completed a scene from the…