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What films should be added to the list?

DocTomoe 5y ago
Art: - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Amelie (2001) Values: - Green Book (2018) - The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - Life is beautiful (1997) Religion: This one is hard, because the Vatican may have very specific criteria for the category (e.g. I doubt they would want a production about non-Catholicism, and would actively discourage going against doctrine). If this was a more "general religion" category, I would argue for - Sita Sings the Blues (2008) / Seder-Masochism (2018) - Ida (2013) - Timbuktu (2014)
- cunidev 5y ago
  To be honest, The Pursuit of Happyness is far from the "values" that most religious orders want to give (well, at least from an ethical point of view). Revolving around the deeply American concept of money and "success" as the solution to everything is a Hollywood cliché that is seen with some suspect by most European viewers nowadays.
shrikant 5y ago
Obvious answer: Spotlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)
bmj 5y ago
Terrence Malick's To the Wonder and A Hidden Life. To the Wonder is a more "typical" Malick film, but Javier Bardem's character is wonderful. A Hidden Life is a more more straightforward film (for Malick) which focuses on the life of a Catholic beatified for his resistance to the Nazi regime.
- yesenadam 5y ago
  Uh, why not The Tree of Life?! One of the most incredible movies ever made. I thought To The Wonder was comparatively nothing at all.
  - bmj 5y ago
    Point taken. The other movies are a bit fresher in my mind.
vmilner 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Gods_and_Men_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Gods_and_Men_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film)
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rogerthis 5y ago
Groundhog Day (1993).
- progre 5y ago
  If we are adding comedies, surely Life Of Brian deserves to be on the list? Highlighting the absurdeties of dogmatism in both religious and secular contexts.
francisofascii 5y ago
Romero. 1989. The story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romero_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romero_(film)
jimbokun 5y ago
What does this mean? It's a list of the Vatican's favorite films. It's like asking me to make a lost of thinkingemote's favorite films.
- thinkingemote 5y ago
  The list was made several years ago and has not been added to, what should the Vatican add since then? That's what it means.

Art: - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) - Amelie (2001) Values: - Green Book (2018) - The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) - Life is beautiful (1997) Religion: This one is hard, because the Vatican may have very specific criteria for the category (e.g. I doubt they would want a production about non-Catholicism, and would actively discourage going against doctrine). If this was a more "general religion" category, I would argue for - Sita Sings the Blues (2008) / Seder-Masochism (2018) - Ida (2013) - Timbuktu (2014)

cunidev 5y ago
To be honest, The Pursuit of Happyness is far from the "values" that most religious orders want to give (well, at least from an ethical point of view). Revolving around the deeply American concept of money and "success" as the solution to everything is a Hollywood cliché that is seen with some suspect by most European viewers nowadays.

shrikant 5y ago

Obvious answer: Spotlight https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotlight_(film)

bmj 5y ago

Terrence Malick's To the Wonder and A Hidden Life. To the Wonder is a more "typical" Malick film, but Javier Bardem's character is wonderful. A Hidden Life is a more more straightforward film (for Malick) which focuses on the life of a Catholic beatified for his resistance to the Nazi regime.

yesenadam 5y ago
Uh, why not The Tree of Life?! One of the most incredible movies ever made. I thought To The Wonder was comparatively nothing at all.
- bmj 5y ago
  Point taken. The other movies are a bit fresher in my mind.

vmilner 5y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Gods_and_Men_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Gods_and_Men_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film)

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rogerthis 5y ago

Groundhog Day (1993).

progre 5y ago
If we are adding comedies, surely Life Of Brian deserves to be on the list? Highlighting the absurdeties of dogmatism in both religious and secular contexts.

francisofascii 5y ago

Romero. 1989. The story of Salvadoran Archbishop Óscar Romero, who organized peaceful protests against the violent military regime, eventually at the cost of his own life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romero_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romero_(film)

jimbokun 5y ago

What does this mean? It's a list of the Vatican's favorite films. It's like asking me to make a lost of thinkingemote's favorite films.

thinkingemote 5y ago
The list was made several years ago and has not been added to, what should the Vatican add since then? That's what it means.