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Hollywood Searches For God

AudiR10 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 2:23 PM

Not too long ago I went to a movie theatre to see the 50h anniversary remastering of "Ben-Hur" -- not the chopped-up, dummied down version you see on AMC, but the original four hour movie the way it was originally produced. The theatre was packed to the doors with a mixture of all demographics. When the title flashed on the screen: "Ben-Hur: A Story of The Christ", nobody ran screaming for the exits or demanded the theatre be sterilized for their protection. Through the whole four hours the theatre was silent, and no one, that I could see, was texting anyone. There is still an audience for a rip-snorting movie about God.

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Cleombrotus2011 Wrote: Dec 06, 2012 8:10 PM

Didn't know they had re-mastered it. It really is an amazingly good film. Even better than the book by General Lew Wallace.

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Tigerrrrrr Wrote: Dec 07, 2012 10:25 AM

If you liked Ben-Hur you would like "Dear And Glorious Physician". It is the story of the Disciple Luke. Fantastic book about his entire life. Luke was very highly educated Roman citizen from Greece and his accounts of Christ's life and miracles are reliable.

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Hollywood Searches For God

Have you noticed how much of Hollywood is preoccupied with thoughts of God?

"Life of Pi" is the latest example of a movie with essentially religious themes.

Artists in a postmodern culture are thinking about the relationship between story and truth. Even the movie "Lincoln" is organized around the idea that false narratives can serve the greater good in politics. When the people are bad, the politician must lie or mislead to serve the good.

It's rather discomfiting to see so many liberal elites embrace this movie, isn't it?

Hollywood's recent search for God began with "The Master," a very odd film about a man...

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