Gareth Higgins (Pt-2) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik October 11th, 2007

This week on The Brown Sessions, it's part 2 of our discussion with Gareth Higgins, author of How Movies Helped Save My Soul. Topics include the power of the visual, art & propaganda, and a discussion of The Matrix and The Passion.

If you missed part 1 of this interview, click here to listen. It was top notch.

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his b … (Read More)

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Gareth Higgins (Pt-1) - How Movies Helped Save My Soul

Erik October 4th, 2007

Gareth Higgins wrote a book called How Movies Helped Save My Soul. This week on The Brown Sessions, Steve and I talked to him about it. It's some of the most insightful and entertaining shtuff on faith and film ever recorded (in our studio).

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland (remember Zero 28?). He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his blog and podcast, FilmTalk.

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Barton Fink (1991)

Watching Theology September 11th, 2007

Some films are clear - you know exactly what you're getting and exactly what you're supposed to learn. Then there's Barton Fink. In the midst of a bad case of writer's block, the Coen Brothers scripted this tale of a talented playwright with his own unusual case of writer's block. Barton leaves the promise and glory of the New York elite for the heartless, business world of Hollywood. Along the way, he checks into the Hotel Earle, meets Charlie and has probably sold his … (Read More)

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Dogma (1999)

Watching Theology August 28th, 2007

[NOTE: Explicit Content] Religious movies sure have a way of making religious people angry. Kevin Smith's 1999 film, Dogma, is no exception. Fearing death threats - from the "Thou Shall Not Kill" folks who ought to know better - Smith went as far as putting a disclaimer at the beginning of the movie to let people know he's just having some fun (the disclaimer thing didn't work for Scorsese either). In the midst of Smith's fun is a film that is a bit long on expositi … (Read More)

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Grizzly Man (2005)

Watching Theology August 26th, 2007

A few summers ago, while most of us were out camping or having a bar-b-q, Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend were being killed and eaten by a starving grizzly bear in Alaska. One of our most significant working directors, Werner Herzog, picked up his video footage and compiled a documentary about the severity of nature and Treadwell's death. In this episode, we look at the tragic life of "the Grizzly Man" as interpreted and remembered by Herzog and his cynicism. Is nature neutra … (Read More)

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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Watching Theology July 31st, 2007

Somehow, Stanley Kubrick managed to entrance two generations of movie-goers with his adaptation of an Arthur C. Clarke short story. From the famous defensive appeals of a computer named HAL to the birth of some cosmic star child, 2001: A Space Odyssey created more interpretations and questions than any kind of special answers. Still, there's nothing wrong with looking at the structure of the movie, the notes of Clarke and our own best guesses. On this episode, we follow the mysterious mono … (Read More)

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