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The Village (2004)

Watching Theology January 19th, 2010

wt_402_village.jpgPeople respond to trauma in different ways. Some find religion. Others re-evaluate their priorities. Some people, like those in M. Night Shyamalan's The Village, put themselves into an isolated 19th century town hiding away from the world. In this edition, Duke and Joe look at Shyamalan's parable of fear through the Watching Theology lens and ask, "What's the difference between a mythology of monsters and the Amish?" This episode is the second in "The Cave" series, an examinations of films that feature Utopias, Delusions, and Deceptions. [04.02]

Next Episode: "The Cave" part 3–Peter Weir's The Truman Show (1998).

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6 Responses to “The Village (2004)”

Obed January 19th, 2010

This was a good episode, fellas! Season 4 has been great so far!

Regarding the parallel of the village to the church, I can totally get it. Having spent most of my life in Evangelical circles, one major weakness we have is a tendancy to only (paraphrasing something Steve said once) read Christian books, listen to Christian music, watch Christian TV, eat Christian cookies, wear Christian underwear, etc. Thank God for folks like Steve Brown and y'all who understand that as long as we have a "stable metanarrative" there's nothing to fear "out there."

Davey Morrison February 2nd, 2010

One interesting aspect of this film, for me (I think I remember Richard Corliss pointing it out in his review of it, but I may be mistaken), is the subtle, intentional-or-not commentary on the Bush administration, creating a controlling system of fear through color. Not particularly profound, but an interesting political parallel.

Dustin February 17th, 2010

Anyone have a working e-mail address to contact Joe? The mail@ is not working for me.

Steve February 17th, 2010

I started with WTD (still listening to those) and now I'm listening to WTheology. Fascinating! Wondered if you'd condiered a discussion of Cool Hand Luke (1967)?

Joel March 19th, 2010

I was listening to this episode on the bus ride to work and mentioned it to my seat mate. I told her a little about it she said "Shyamalan"?

Davey March 27th, 2010

Dustin, did you ever get a working e-mail?

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