2013 March
A Source Critic Looks at Downton Abbey
On 08, Mar 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
Here is a fun satire of source criticism. Biblical source criticism is the theory that the Bible is a collection of multiple different stories from different time periods that have been edited into a single collection and changed to fit (for example, the multiple times that Abraham lies to foreigners about his wife must mean the stories came from different sources and have been heavily edited). Anyways, enjoy:
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(For a good summary and critique of source theory, take a look at A Biblical History of Israel)
Why Are Christian Movies So Awful?
Just read an article at Salon.com called Why Are Christian Movies So Awful? It’s a review of the new movie Soul Surfer, which is based on the true story of a young Christian surfer who lost her arm, but was gutted of any theology by the producers.
One line from the review stuck out to me:
At the risk of offending many people in many different directions, Christian cinema reminds me of gay cinema. If, that is, gay cinema were permanently stuck in 1986, with a self-ghettoizing mandate to present positive role models for youth and tell an anodyne but uplifting story that sends a message of hope. Read more…
Storylab: Useless
On 02, Mar 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
StoryLab
with host Derrick Warfel
StoryLab is fascinating! Watch “168” scenes and compare to similar big budget scenes to see what it takes to get from here to there.
Your host is indie filmmaker Derrick Warfel, a graduate of USC Film School, Princeton University & Dallas Theological Seminary.
Derrick Warfel
“Useless”
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A criminal pleads for mercy from his captor.
Winner Best Film, Best Actor, Kevin Sizemore, Best Cinematography, Brandon Adams
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Film as Religion
On 02, Mar 2013 | In Stories | By Brandon Adams
I have been interested in reading John C. Lyden’s book “Film as Religion” ever since I read a summary of it several years ago:
The lights dim, the voices hush and the devotees prepare for a sacred, transformative experience. This scenario does not describe a ritual in a cathedral or temple, but one occurring in another religiously charged space: the cinema. Lyden, a professor of religion in Nebraska, argues that if we define “religion” by its function-what the activity does for the people who participate in it-then movie-going is the religion of our time. Movies provide the collective myths to help us deal with our cultural anxieties and hopes, and catharsis in the form of rewarded heroes and punished villains. (Publisher’s Weekly)
I finally checked out a copy at the library and am going to try to blog through the book (hopefully that will get me to finish it – something I have a hard time doing with books!). I hope you find it interesting and more than that I hope it provokes some discussion on the topic – so let me know what you think. Read more…
Wickedness of Moralism
On 01, Mar 2013 | In Featured | By Brandon Adams
In his essay “The Divine Image”, Leo Partible argues that Christians need to move past the verbal and literal to embrace the visual and metaphorical. I’ll be posting some extended thoughts on his essay later, but for now I wanted to briefly comment on one part of his essay. He notes
The comic book has become central to, if not the center of, our pop culture. And Christians should be thrilled.
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