Three weeks ago, I watched Kirsten Johnson's memoir in film, Cameraperson. It is an interesting - and sometimes jarring - journey through Johnson's work behind camera, that reveals the power of story and memory, while also exposing us to the way in which we see people and situations. Johnson has won awards over thirty years of film-making, …
Finding Redemption in Film?
About a month ago, Christianity Today came out with their annual list "The 10 Most Redeeming Films of 2009." It's no secret that I love watching movies, in particular discovering scenes of redemption in film. I am using the concept of 'redemptive moments' as scenes or images of grace intersecting broken or apparently ruined lives, …
Spectators
I like watching movies. I was watching one particular movie that won some Academy Awards and I was considering all of the other movies I had watched during the past months. I don't even remember all of the movies I've watched recently. I was thinking about how easily I've slipped into simply sitting on the …
Missional: Living With and For
I recently watched the movie Chocolat starring Juliette Binoche, Judie Dench, Alfred Molina, and Johnnie Depp. I watched the movie because it was mentioned in a book I've been reading called The Shaping of Things to Come. I enjoyed the movie at numerous levels: landscapes, use of color, story, imagery, acting, etc. But the reason …
Amazing Grace
Just saw the movie Amazing Grace with some friends yesterday. While not fast-paced at all, it was a pretty profound account of the life of William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was one of the chief activists in England in the early 1800s working for the abolition of the slave trade and slavery. The movie tracks his life, …
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