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The book is also all about religion and specifically Christianity. It's one of the most interesting and nuanced explorations of the psychology of Christian fait
by throw4847285 2y ago
The book is also all about religion and specifically Christianity. It's one of the most interesting and nuanced explorations of the psychology of Christian faith that I've read. I also understand why the filmmakers thought, "yeah, I'm not touching that."
- keiferski 2y agoYeah that’s a good point. It’s a bit sad how all of the films based on PKD’s works ignore his very strong personal religious beliefs.
- throw4847285 2y agoI mean I get why. The fear is that non-Christian audiences wouldn't care, and fundamentalists would find it blasphemous. I would love a movie of The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, but we're not gonna get it. Who would make it? Martin Scorsese? Paul Schrader? The Coen Brothers? Actually, those are all good ideas. But other than Scanner Darkly, Dick's work has mostly attracted people interested in the pulpy science fiction ideas and not so much the existentialism and the critiques of mainstream religion. It's a bummer.
- vanderZwan 2y agoGiven that he made Prometheus, I don't think that Ridley Scott is scared of exploring Christian topics. Then again, the whole Jesus-was-an-Engineer subplot that was dropped from that film but still alluded to also makes me doubt that Scott's take would have been particularly "nuanced".
- throw4847285 2y agoYou just have to watch Exodus: Gods and Kings and that'll tell you everything you need to know about how skilled Ridley Scott is at exploring religion.
- vanderZwan 2y agoAhahaha, good point. I completely forgot that that film existed. Wonder why? /s