filmtheology

Tonight I am particularly in the mood to discuss a the theme of sacrifice, but not simply any sacrifice. I am interested now in worthwhile or necessary sacrifices. I am going to be using the film ONCE, an Irish Independent film whose soundtrack won an Academy Award. The film itself is beautiful and moving particularly because of the music which often competes with the characters themselves for the viewers attention. This will be brief. How many times do we sacrifice the wrong things. Or how often do we give things up for the wrong reasons, i.e. to appear more spiritual or to attempt to make God love us more, which is impossible. This kind of sacrifice is ridiculous. As ridiculous as giving up something that is easy for us to give up. For some it is easy to give a tithe bc their financial situation is solid. It does not cost them. Some people give up cable or secular music as I have at one time or another bc it was an easy thing to do. Others this is not possible or completely unne...

So here I am, just one year after completing my undergraduate in Film and Media Studies, living in NYC, but with no desire to pursue a career in my field. I have been watching plenty of movies. I do want to complete my screenplay which has been 1/4 finished for 2.5 years now. I cannot afford grad school; I am a newlywed, poor, broke, in debt.....you get the picture. And I do not feel like chasing a job as a PA or personal assistant to a producer, my only options. I would, though, like to apply my knowledge toward an unusual quest...looking at film through the lens of the Bible. This of course also means looking at film through the lens that is myself, and I don't even know the full repercussions of that kind of a journey...but I promise it will be fun. So here we go.