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I haven’t seen any of the religious films outside of Ben Hur, but the art and values lists seem pretty solid.
by docdeek 5y ago
I haven’t seen any of the religious films outside of Ben Hur, but the art and values lists seem pretty solid.
- aarroyoc 5y agoWatch The Mission if you haven't, the soundtrack is very good
- jfk13 5y agoAnd the story is both touching and devastating, whether or not you're watching from a religious point of view. The same is true for the earlier Robert Bolt film, too: A Man for All Seasons.
- twirligigue 5y agoAgree on both scores! The thing that stood out for me in The Mission was its dramatic depiction of the power of repentance (i.e. a genuine change of heart) which we saw when Mendoza (de Niro) finally put down his burden at the intervention of the very people he'd persecuted. In A Man for all Seasons it would have to be the Thomas More's famous replies following Roper's “So, now you give the Devil the benefit of law!” https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7515521-william-roper-so-now-you-give-the-devil-the-benefit https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7515521-william-roper-so-no... Funny, though, we still think goodness can be manufactured by the passing of laws instead of by changes of hearts.
- satori99 5y agoI'd say 'very good' is almost an understatement for this Morricone soundtrack. I never get tired of it.
- stan_rogers 5y agoBabette's Feast is amazing (and you need to take the "religion" categorization with a large pinch of salt).
- pradn 5y agoAndrei Rublev is one of the supreme achievements of cinema. Just so moving and beautiful, and hopeful, too.