Tag Archives: film/text & culture
Jude 1:6
And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day Errol Morris seems to possess this uncanny ability to investigate truth … Continue reading
James 2:13
For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. The idea of reality is mystifying, isn’t it? After delving into first Vernon, Florida & then the essays in the FTC book concerning cinema’s … Continue reading
Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. On the subject of documentaries, they are best when they educate, & it’s as simple as that. They are good nearly always, but perhaps … Continue reading
Acts 1:13
And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the … Continue reading
Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God At home over Break, we rented Babel, the big Brad Pitt hit of the year that wasn’t really about Brad … Continue reading
Proverbs 14:13
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. I may not have been in class today, but there seems to be a lot of talk circulating around these blogs concerning film adaptations. I … Continue reading
Ruth 1:10
And they said to her, surely we will return with thee unto thy people. I am Beth. There is no way around it, I’m not going to tip-toe anymore. Out of the past 14 days, I have been in a … Continue reading
Proverbs 14:29
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. These comparisons that we trudged through last class between the 3 films & the novel were a long time coming. Personally, … Continue reading
Ecclesiastes 10:1
Dead flies make a perfumer’s oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. It’s interesting to think about Genre Films in an outsider/artistic perspective, not in what they show or how they’re made, but simply in … Continue reading
Job 3:26
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. Yojimbo is definitely one of those movies, it seems, that gathers together a large group of kids together in every generation to sing of … Continue reading