I could not help but notice some of the awesome imagery found in the film. First of all, the angels and the different items on Irwin’s nightstand had an interesting correlation. All of the items on his nightstand corresponded with different characteristics of the angels. The next thing I found interesting was the toy plane. Again, this plane could be seen sitting on Irwin’s nightstand, and it looks exactly like the plane that Irwin and the angels fly away in at the end of the movie. As the plane flies off into the distance, at the very last second, it actually looks like a bird flying as opposed to a plane. I’m not sure what to make of this, but I thought it was definitely worth noting.
Another bit of imagery that I thought was interesting was the man on the porch with the shotgun. After he stops shooting at the men in the car, they are eventually able to walk right up to the house. They find that he has actually nailed himself to the porch, and the film shows his feet with nails through them. I thought this was interesting because at one point in the movie, there is a reference to Jesus. I believe one of the men says, in reference to the cross hanging in his car, “Without the proper words, it’s just a man on a piece of wood.” Again, I’m not really sure what to make of these two things. I thought they were interesting because of the other biblical references throughout the film, such as the reference to Noah’s Arch and the Flood.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Nicole McLellan - "Northfork" Angels
I thought the portrayal of the angels in this movie was very interesting. I really liked the fact that they did not look like the classic idea of angels, which usually views them as dressed in all white with wings and a halo. This portrayal of angels was very different and very original, and I thought it fit into the movie quite well. I noticed that each of the angels corresponded with one or more of the items found on the boy’s bedside table. For example, two of the objects on the table were a comic book about Hercules, and a glass vase in the shape of hands with a flower in it. The angel called Flower Hercules incorporated the flower and the Hercules comic book, and the angel named Happy incorporated the glass hands, although he had wooden ones as well. Also, one of the angel’s names was Cup of Tea, while another was Cod. These names incorporate the cup of tea that was on the bedside table, as well as the bottle of cod liver oil. The plane that the angels and Irwin flew away in at the end of the movie incorporates the toy plane that belonged to the boy; the plane was also on the bedside table. I can’t remember how the glasses that the angel named Happy wore fit in, but I believe there may have been a pair of the priest’s glasses sitting on the table. I also thought the creature or dog that led Irwin to the angels corresponded with the priest’s cane, and represented the priest himself.
I found these parallels between reality and Irwin’s reality very interesting. It was almost as if the angels were Irwin’s own interpretation of what he thought angels should look like. I also thought the correspondence between the objects and the angels was interesting because it kind of shows “I, it” and “I, you” relationships. Irwin had an “I, it” relationship with the objects when he was awake, but an “I, you” relationship with the angels when he was asleep. I’m not exactly sure what to make of that change, but I just thought it was an interesting parallel.
I found these parallels between reality and Irwin’s reality very interesting. It was almost as if the angels were Irwin’s own interpretation of what he thought angels should look like. I also thought the correspondence between the objects and the angels was interesting because it kind of shows “I, it” and “I, you” relationships. Irwin had an “I, it” relationship with the objects when he was awake, but an “I, you” relationship with the angels when he was asleep. I’m not exactly sure what to make of that change, but I just thought it was an interesting parallel.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Summary of the book "The Idea of the Holy" - Mrs. LE
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary of the book “The Idea of the Holy”
Pages 25-30
We need to find out the mystery behind the word tremendum. We need to find out what this word implies. Tremendum adds to the word mysterium in way that gives it a special meaning. Tremendum can be meant as “aweful” and Mysterium can mean “mystery”. They go well together. When you say mystery, it is usually followed by aweful. Mysteries are aweful because we don’t know anything about them usually or if we do, it isn’t much. Though sometimes that is aweful isn’t a mystery either. Something that is mysterious in religion is referred to as the “wholly other”, or something that is miraculous and awe-inspiring. This is something that usually doesn’t happen. It can refer to “spirit” appearances or peculiar moments of consciousness. Anything that is mysterious is beyond our understanding.
Pages 179-186
John Chrysostom says that we, as humans, cannot understand the powers of God. This is a good example of religious feeling from a rational being. God is supposed to be among us and we are created in his image but this Father says that God is beyond our understanding. He wants to describe the greatness of God by saying that there is no way that we can understand God. Chrysostom wants to prevent people from trying to understand the power of God.
Pages 197-203
Some people believe that God is nothingness or nullity. Some believe that God doesn’t have a personality. Mysticism is wondering about the religious consciousness of it’s miraculous features. “Awefulness” refers to something that is personal and that attracts our feelings. We were created in the image of Supreme Being so God has to be considered a person and has to have a personality as well.
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary of the book “The Idea of the Holy”
Pages 25-30
We need to find out the mystery behind the word tremendum. We need to find out what this word implies. Tremendum adds to the word mysterium in way that gives it a special meaning. Tremendum can be meant as “aweful” and Mysterium can mean “mystery”. They go well together. When you say mystery, it is usually followed by aweful. Mysteries are aweful because we don’t know anything about them usually or if we do, it isn’t much. Though sometimes that is aweful isn’t a mystery either. Something that is mysterious in religion is referred to as the “wholly other”, or something that is miraculous and awe-inspiring. This is something that usually doesn’t happen. It can refer to “spirit” appearances or peculiar moments of consciousness. Anything that is mysterious is beyond our understanding.
Pages 179-186
John Chrysostom says that we, as humans, cannot understand the powers of God. This is a good example of religious feeling from a rational being. God is supposed to be among us and we are created in his image but this Father says that God is beyond our understanding. He wants to describe the greatness of God by saying that there is no way that we can understand God. Chrysostom wants to prevent people from trying to understand the power of God.
Pages 197-203
Some people believe that God is nothingness or nullity. Some believe that God doesn’t have a personality. Mysticism is wondering about the religious consciousness of it’s miraculous features. “Awefulness” refers to something that is personal and that attracts our feelings. We were created in the image of Supreme Being so God has to be considered a person and has to have a personality as well.
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary of the book “The Idea of the Holy”
Pages 25-30
We need to find out the mystery behind the word tremendum. We need to find out what this word implies. Tremendum adds to the word mysterium in way that gives it a special meaning. Tremendum can be meant as “aweful” and Mysterium can mean “mystery”. They go well together. When you say mystery, it is usually followed by aweful. Mysteries are aweful because we don’t know anything about them usually or if we do, it isn’t much. Though sometimes that is aweful isn’t a mystery either. Something that is mysterious in religion is referred to as the “wholly other”, or something that is miraculous and awe-inspiring. This is something that usually doesn’t happen. It can refer to “spirit” appearances or peculiar moments of consciousness. Anything that is mysterious is beyond our understanding.
Pages 179-186
John Chrysostom says that we, as humans, cannot understand the powers of God. This is a good example of religious feeling from a rational being. God is supposed to be among us and we are created in his image but this Father says that God is beyond our understanding. He wants to describe the greatness of God by saying that there is no way that we can understand God. Chrysostom wants to prevent people from trying to understand the power of God.
Pages 197-203
Some people believe that God is nothingness or nullity. Some believe that God doesn’t have a personality. Mysticism is wondering about the religious consciousness of it’s miraculous features. “Awefulness” refers to something that is personal and that attracts our feelings. We were created in the image of Supreme Being so God has to be considered a person and has to have a personality as well.
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: March 20, 2008
Summary of the book “The Idea of the Holy”
Pages 25-30
We need to find out the mystery behind the word tremendum. We need to find out what this word implies. Tremendum adds to the word mysterium in way that gives it a special meaning. Tremendum can be meant as “aweful” and Mysterium can mean “mystery”. They go well together. When you say mystery, it is usually followed by aweful. Mysteries are aweful because we don’t know anything about them usually or if we do, it isn’t much. Though sometimes that is aweful isn’t a mystery either. Something that is mysterious in religion is referred to as the “wholly other”, or something that is miraculous and awe-inspiring. This is something that usually doesn’t happen. It can refer to “spirit” appearances or peculiar moments of consciousness. Anything that is mysterious is beyond our understanding.
Pages 179-186
John Chrysostom says that we, as humans, cannot understand the powers of God. This is a good example of religious feeling from a rational being. God is supposed to be among us and we are created in his image but this Father says that God is beyond our understanding. He wants to describe the greatness of God by saying that there is no way that we can understand God. Chrysostom wants to prevent people from trying to understand the power of God.
Pages 197-203
Some people believe that God is nothingness or nullity. Some believe that God doesn’t have a personality. Mysticism is wondering about the religious consciousness of it’s miraculous features. “Awefulness” refers to something that is personal and that attracts our feelings. We were created in the image of Supreme Being so God has to be considered a person and has to have a personality as well.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
SUMMARY of SNOW WHITE and SEVEN DWARFS - Mrs. LE
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: February 04, 2008
Summary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
When I was in Viet-Nam I watched the film Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. Everyone watched this film should love Snow White and hate the Queen.
The evil Queen is told by her Magic Mirror that Snow White is the best looking, or “fairest”, woman in the land. She also is aware of the arrival of the prince and she notices that he has taken a liking to Snow White. The Queen is obviously jealous, so she orders a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart as proof. The huntsman ends up letting Snow White go and he tells her to hide in the woods.
Once in the woods, she is guided by the animals to a cottage where the seven dwarfs live. The place was a mess and no one was home, so Snow White and the animals cleaned it in hoping of the Dwarfs letting her stay.
When the dwarfs return from the diamond mine, they find Snow White asleep in one of their beds. After she explained the situation to them, they were happy to let her stay.
Meanwhile, the huntsman gives the queen a pig’s heart. When she finds out from the Mirror that Snow White is actually living with the dwarfs, she studies witchcraft and creates a poisoned apple that will put Snow White in an eternal sleep.
Snow White is warned by the Dwarfs to stay away from the evil Queen. The queen’s disguise as an ugly old apple seller fools Snow White and she takes a bite of the poisoned apple. She falls into an eternal sleep but it appears as if she is dead.
The dwarfs return in time to chase the Queen to a cliff where a bolt of lightning hits and she falls off. The boulder that she was trying to use to crush the dwarfs ends up crushing her.
Instead of burying her, the dwarfs build her a glass coffin and put it in a cleaning in the forest. The prince hears about the situation and comes to visit her. He kisses her and she awakens because it was ‘true love’s first kiss”, the only possible cure. The Prince, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs lived happily ever after.
The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The jealous Queen feeds Snow White a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens Snow White. I was very satisfied with the happy ending.
Works cited:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film) - 104k - Cached
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: February 04, 2008
Summary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
When I was in Viet-Nam I watched the film Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. Everyone watched this film should love Snow White and hate the Queen.
The evil Queen is told by her Magic Mirror that Snow White is the best looking, or “fairest”, woman in the land. She also is aware of the arrival of the prince and she notices that he has taken a liking to Snow White. The Queen is obviously jealous, so she orders a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart as proof. The huntsman ends up letting Snow White go and he tells her to hide in the woods.
Once in the woods, she is guided by the animals to a cottage where the seven dwarfs live. The place was a mess and no one was home, so Snow White and the animals cleaned it in hoping of the Dwarfs letting her stay.
When the dwarfs return from the diamond mine, they find Snow White asleep in one of their beds. After she explained the situation to them, they were happy to let her stay.
Meanwhile, the huntsman gives the queen a pig’s heart. When she finds out from the Mirror that Snow White is actually living with the dwarfs, she studies witchcraft and creates a poisoned apple that will put Snow White in an eternal sleep.
Snow White is warned by the Dwarfs to stay away from the evil Queen. The queen’s disguise as an ugly old apple seller fools Snow White and she takes a bite of the poisoned apple. She falls into an eternal sleep but it appears as if she is dead.
The dwarfs return in time to chase the Queen to a cliff where a bolt of lightning hits and she falls off. The boulder that she was trying to use to crush the dwarfs ends up crushing her.
Instead of burying her, the dwarfs build her a glass coffin and put it in a cleaning in the forest. The prince hears about the situation and comes to visit her. He kisses her and she awakens because it was ‘true love’s first kiss”, the only possible cure. The Prince, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs lived happily ever after.
The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The jealous Queen feeds Snow White a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens Snow White. I was very satisfied with the happy ending.
Works cited:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film) - 104k - Cached
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: February 04, 2008
Summary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
When I was in Viet-Nam I watched the film Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. Everyone watched this film should love Snow White and hate the Queen.
The evil Queen is told by her Magic Mirror that Snow White is the best looking, or “fairest”, woman in the land. She also is aware of the arrival of the prince and she notices that he has taken a liking to Snow White. The Queen is obviously jealous, so she orders a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart as proof. The huntsman ends up letting Snow White go and he tells her to hide in the woods.
Once in the woods, she is guided by the animals to a cottage where the seven dwarfs live. The place was a mess and no one was home, so Snow White and the animals cleaned it in hoping of the Dwarfs letting her stay.
When the dwarfs return from the diamond mine, they find Snow White asleep in one of their beds. After she explained the situation to them, they were happy to let her stay.
Meanwhile, the huntsman gives the queen a pig’s heart. When she finds out from the Mirror that Snow White is actually living with the dwarfs, she studies witchcraft and creates a poisoned apple that will put Snow White in an eternal sleep.
Snow White is warned by the Dwarfs to stay away from the evil Queen. The queen’s disguise as an ugly old apple seller fools Snow White and she takes a bite of the poisoned apple. She falls into an eternal sleep but it appears as if she is dead.
The dwarfs return in time to chase the Queen to a cliff where a bolt of lightning hits and she falls off. The boulder that she was trying to use to crush the dwarfs ends up crushing her.
Instead of burying her, the dwarfs build her a glass coffin and put it in a cleaning in the forest. The prince hears about the situation and comes to visit her. He kisses her and she awakens because it was ‘true love’s first kiss”, the only possible cure. The Prince, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs lived happily ever after.
The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The jealous Queen feeds Snow White a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens Snow White. I was very satisfied with the happy ending.
Works cited:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film) - 104k - Cached
Professor: Dr. REDICK
PHIL 326
LE, KIM-CHI
Date: February 04, 2008
Summary of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
When I was in Viet-Nam I watched the film Snow White and Seven Dwarfs. This was Walt Disney's first animated full-length movie. Everyone watched this film should love Snow White and hate the Queen.
The evil Queen is told by her Magic Mirror that Snow White is the best looking, or “fairest”, woman in the land. She also is aware of the arrival of the prince and she notices that he has taken a liking to Snow White. The Queen is obviously jealous, so she orders a huntsman to kill Snow White and bring back her heart as proof. The huntsman ends up letting Snow White go and he tells her to hide in the woods.
Once in the woods, she is guided by the animals to a cottage where the seven dwarfs live. The place was a mess and no one was home, so Snow White and the animals cleaned it in hoping of the Dwarfs letting her stay.
When the dwarfs return from the diamond mine, they find Snow White asleep in one of their beds. After she explained the situation to them, they were happy to let her stay.
Meanwhile, the huntsman gives the queen a pig’s heart. When she finds out from the Mirror that Snow White is actually living with the dwarfs, she studies witchcraft and creates a poisoned apple that will put Snow White in an eternal sleep.
Snow White is warned by the Dwarfs to stay away from the evil Queen. The queen’s disguise as an ugly old apple seller fools Snow White and she takes a bite of the poisoned apple. She falls into an eternal sleep but it appears as if she is dead.
The dwarfs return in time to chase the Queen to a cliff where a bolt of lightning hits and she falls off. The boulder that she was trying to use to crush the dwarfs ends up crushing her.
Instead of burying her, the dwarfs build her a glass coffin and put it in a cleaning in the forest. The prince hears about the situation and comes to visit her. He kisses her and she awakens because it was ‘true love’s first kiss”, the only possible cure. The Prince, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs lived happily ever after.
The story is "cute" because of the seven dwarfs. The jealous Queen feeds Snow White a poison apple, but Prince Charming awakens Snow White. I was very satisfied with the happy ending.
Works cited:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_(1937_film) - 104k - Cached
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Jessie Gambardella: The Jacket
Time travel is such a major theme in a lot of films such as Butterfly Effect, Somewhere in Time, and The Jacket. They all have one thing in common theme they have is something has to trigger the time travel. In the Butterfly Effect it is the journals, Somewhere in Time it is objects from the past, and in The Jacket it is being in the jacket, pumped with drugs, and in the morgue. These things were the axis mundi for the people using them. No one else knew of the significance except the people traveling in time.
In class I really found it interested when it was pointed out that Jack’s reason for going back changes. Originally, after he discovers that he has died prematurely, he wants to find out how he dies so he can prevent it. When he finally accepts the fact that it is not going to change he is determined to help Jackie have a better life. Rob Dufour picked up on a line in the movie where Jack says “sometimes life can only really begin with the knowledge of death.” I completely agree with his follow statements. As the Switchfoot song lyrics says as well, “she pretends like she's immortal.” It is funny how it took Jackie’s mom knowing how she was going to die to finally realize she was on a destructive path. When a cancer patient is given a timeline on how long they have left to live is when “the bucket list” is created and yet a perfectly healthy person could have less time to live and not even know it. It takes the slap in the face of knowledge of one’s death to accept it.
I also found it ironic that Jack was the own cause of his death. If he hadn’t wanted to go to Jackie’s mother then he would never have slipped on the ice and it was also his idea to be put back into the morgue box. I like to believe that he really did go into the future right before he died.
In class I really found it interested when it was pointed out that Jack’s reason for going back changes. Originally, after he discovers that he has died prematurely, he wants to find out how he dies so he can prevent it. When he finally accepts the fact that it is not going to change he is determined to help Jackie have a better life. Rob Dufour picked up on a line in the movie where Jack says “sometimes life can only really begin with the knowledge of death.” I completely agree with his follow statements. As the Switchfoot song lyrics says as well, “she pretends like she's immortal.” It is funny how it took Jackie’s mom knowing how she was going to die to finally realize she was on a destructive path. When a cancer patient is given a timeline on how long they have left to live is when “the bucket list” is created and yet a perfectly healthy person could have less time to live and not even know it. It takes the slap in the face of knowledge of one’s death to accept it.
I also found it ironic that Jack was the own cause of his death. If he hadn’t wanted to go to Jackie’s mother then he would never have slipped on the ice and it was also his idea to be put back into the morgue box. I like to believe that he really did go into the future right before he died.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Jessie Gambardella: The Wall
So don’t hurt me but I do not like Pink Floyd’s music and never has even though I grew up listening to it, but I have more respect for it oddly enough after seeing The Wall. I have never really listened to the lyrics, except for the song “Another Brick in the Wall,” but what school child didn’t? I never knew before that the lyrics told a story about the lead singers’ childhood and losing his father to the war then about his crumbling marriage. I love the idea of songs and their lyrics connecting to tell a story, like the artists Coheed and Cambria, instead of being about random events that probably never happened.
I’m not sure if I enjoyed the movie enough to see it again or at all, but I actually did enjoy the animation and the expressionistic influence. I am not a fan of musicals in general mostly because they are full of cheese and songs about nothing important, but this one at least was a little deeper. Symbolism reigned especially in the animation. The coolest symbolism I found was the wall and the main character himself trying to get around it although he himself created it I think.
He built it yet he wanted to get over it
One thing I did not understand was why the main character saw himself as the “Nazi” leader. Is that how he felt he was as a lead singer of a band? Some people do idolize bands and what the bands believe and follow them like a religion. Peopled have killed because a song lyric told them to, so is that the point he is trying to make?
I’m not sure if I enjoyed the movie enough to see it again or at all, but I actually did enjoy the animation and the expressionistic influence. I am not a fan of musicals in general mostly because they are full of cheese and songs about nothing important, but this one at least was a little deeper. Symbolism reigned especially in the animation. The coolest symbolism I found was the wall and the main character himself trying to get around it although he himself created it I think.
He built it yet he wanted to get over it
One thing I did not understand was why the main character saw himself as the “Nazi” leader. Is that how he felt he was as a lead singer of a band? Some people do idolize bands and what the bands believe and follow them like a religion. Peopled have killed because a song lyric told them to, so is that the point he is trying to make?
Monday, March 3, 2008
Shawn Gaston - The Wall
I must admit this was definitely not my type of film. I have a great respect for the arts and the way they try to portray feeling and emotion through sound and imagey. Yet I am not an artsy person and am most the time confused by the imagery until it is explained to me. The concept of the film however I really enjoyed. The way he symbolized every event in his life as another brick in a large wall being built around him was brilliant. I felt once I understood this I could really relate to the character. I’m am not the kind of person that likes people too close to me and as I began to reflect on my own life I felt connected with the film. As I look back there are many things in my life that I would also consider bricks in the wall of my life that has lead me to be the person I am today. I am very strongly against relationships and have been for many years. Much of that comes from many bad past relationships. When I saw the part in the movie where he invites the girl to come back to his room it really struck me in a powerful way. First he seeks out the girl, because despite his hate for companionship he still has that longing for it deep down inside. Once he gets the girl back to his place he emotionally shuts down. He doesn’t know how to act so he almost freezes. Does he pursue this girl and his desires, or will it only end in more hurt? Finally the girl begins to kiss his finger tips and show compassion to him. This touch is what drives him mad, bringing a rush of painful emotions back into his mind such as pain and hate. As most guys that cant show emotions such as fear, or sadness he only knows anger. He lashes out in the only way he knows how and in turn scares the girl away and putting her back at a distance where he wants her. I think this is the most powerful part of the whole movie and one I can really relate to.
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Jeff Lee - The Wall
The Wall
What a movie!!! I can appreciate abstract/psychedelic art but this movie was ridiculous. The concept of an art/rock/opera was pretty neat until the unnecessary nudity and sexuality hit the screen. I realize that this was Pink Floyd's 9th album and that it reached #1 on the Billboard Album Chart but creating a movie to go along with it was a bit excessive. I believe if I had been on hallucinogenic drugs I would have enjoyed the movie more. The art morphing into different shapes and forms constantly was exciting until it kept going on and on. Despite my disdain for this movie I do believe the cinematographers and art directors for this movie are incredibly gifted. The way they created the hundreds of crows morphing into different Nazi symbols and then back into a bigger crazier looking crow was nuts. There were a lot of political messages in the film as well from communism and socialism to democracy. This aspect of the film along side the crow art, retrieved bits of credibility back for the film.
What a movie!!! I can appreciate abstract/psychedelic art but this movie was ridiculous. The concept of an art/rock/opera was pretty neat until the unnecessary nudity and sexuality hit the screen. I realize that this was Pink Floyd's 9th album and that it reached #1 on the Billboard Album Chart but creating a movie to go along with it was a bit excessive. I believe if I had been on hallucinogenic drugs I would have enjoyed the movie more. The art morphing into different shapes and forms constantly was exciting until it kept going on and on. Despite my disdain for this movie I do believe the cinematographers and art directors for this movie are incredibly gifted. The way they created the hundreds of crows morphing into different Nazi symbols and then back into a bigger crazier looking crow was nuts. There were a lot of political messages in the film as well from communism and socialism to democracy. This aspect of the film along side the crow art, retrieved bits of credibility back for the film.
Jeff Lee - The Jacket
The Jacket
If I had one word to describe this movie it would be "craziness." The Jacket is set during the winter time giving rise to the theme of death. The drawer representing a mortuary really set the tone for the movie. It seemed as if the drawer gave Jack life and motivation to live. This vaguely parallels Christ's death and resurrection from the tomb after three days. Just as Jack conquered his fear of the past, Christ conquered sin and death before being risen. Other parallel to Christianity viewers might conclude is the theme of sacrificial offering. Christ died to save His children from God's just wrath. Propitiation is the term used in scripture to describe Christ as receiving this wrath so God's children wouldn't have to. Jack's death brought peace to little Jackie's life and saved her mom from certain demise. Another similarity between Christ and Jack is that both are born on Christmas day. Christ historically was not born on December 25 but for the writer's sake we will grant him this loose connection as well.
If I had one word to describe this movie it would be "craziness." The Jacket is set during the winter time giving rise to the theme of death. The drawer representing a mortuary really set the tone for the movie. It seemed as if the drawer gave Jack life and motivation to live. This vaguely parallels Christ's death and resurrection from the tomb after three days. Just as Jack conquered his fear of the past, Christ conquered sin and death before being risen. Other parallel to Christianity viewers might conclude is the theme of sacrificial offering. Christ died to save His children from God's just wrath. Propitiation is the term used in scripture to describe Christ as receiving this wrath so God's children wouldn't have to. Jack's death brought peace to little Jackie's life and saved her mom from certain demise. Another similarity between Christ and Jack is that both are born on Christmas day. Christ historically was not born on December 25 but for the writer's sake we will grant him this loose connection as well.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Nicole McLellan - Pink Floyd's "The Wall"
You know, I’m not really sure what to think. To say that this movie was disturbing is probably an under statement. I’m still trying to figure out how it ties in with the class, which I thought focused more on religion in film. I don’t even know if this film is supposed to be interpreted. Half the people I’ve talked to have told me I would either need to be wasted or tripping on acid to get it, hence my confusion while watching it sober. And I’m not really sure being either wasted or high would really help me understand the film any better than I do now. So with that said, I really don’t know what to say. I mean, the words that come to mind when I think of the film, besides perverse and twisted, are rejection, isolation, abandonment, and pain. I think the wall symbolizes the isolation caused by rejection and abandonment that the main character, whose name I think was Pink but I’m really not sure, experiences throughout his life. This man was isolated by the fact that other kids had a father, while his father never came home from the war. His mother isolated him by smothering him. His schoolteacher singled him out, embarrassed him, and helped fuel the feeling of rejection that Pink seemed to already have. He was encouraged to suppress his emotions as opposed to expressing them. This seemed to cause him to almost become numb to the world around him. Even his wife abandons him after he has shut her out completely. Considering all that has happened to him, I honestly can really only feel bad for the guy.
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