May 27th, 2006
Caryn James has an interesting article in the New York Times entitled, “God and Man on Screen: Big Questions as Entertainment.” (You may have to register to read the article, but it’s free.) Here’s a salient quote:
What’s surprising — especially in a country with a politically organized religious right — is the skepticism [...]
May 26th, 2006
And while we’re still at it (and while it’s available online), don’t miss this ruthless—brutal!—review—nay, evisceration!—of DVC from the venerable New Yorker by way of Anthony Lane.
Tony, dear, tell us what you really think.
May 25th, 2006
…or so, at least, declares my son John, whose very funny and insightful review of DVC is now up on GodSpy.com.
Thanks, dear, I needed a laugh.
May 19th, 2006
Though I cannot comment on the DVC film (as film) as such, I must say I am positively gleeful that the consensus is that it’s a dog, if for no other reason than because we can all stop talking (and hearing) about it that much sooner. I am so sick of this subject I [...]
May 13th, 2006
I can’t say I’m too inclined to spend much time, publicly or privately, jawboning over the soon-to-be-released DVC movie. But as someone who spent a good deal of time trying to understand the peculiar, even bizarre nature of much of the controversy over The Passion of the Christ—my thirty-odd page article on that subject [...]
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There is a sense of insignificance which is trying and discouraging and leads to envy of the rich and great. It leads also to a certain selfishness even amid poverty and absolute want. The absence of the ideal of the self as potentially great and capable of great deeds keeps it small and self-centred….The greatness of the Church, coupled with a true sense of the dignity of the individual human soul, if looked at as a Christian should look at it, is the true antidote.
— Wilfrid Ward