The best film I've seen since "INTO THE WILD." A Catholic priest and his young, school teacher friend living and serving in Rwanda right before the mass genocide in 1994. The violence is graphic, stomach-churning and realistic. This is also one of the most emotionally realistic movies I've seen. John Hurt, facing the coming massacre, unlike most Movie Priests, doesn't want to bravely stay behind with the townspeople and heroically martyr himself. At the same time, his duty as a Catholic priest, and conviction as a Christian, are persuading him to do just that. Surprisingly, there's a profound theological moment when Hurt declares, in the midst of the machete dismemberments and butchery, that he's never felt God's love and presence so strongly and tangibly. The idea that in the face of true evil, God will reveal His. An exceptional movie.
Monday, February 9, 2009
"BEYOND THE GATES"
The best film I've seen since "INTO THE WILD." A Catholic priest and his young, school teacher friend living and serving in Rwanda right before the mass genocide in 1994. The violence is graphic, stomach-churning and realistic. This is also one of the most emotionally realistic movies I've seen. John Hurt, facing the coming massacre, unlike most Movie Priests, doesn't want to bravely stay behind with the townspeople and heroically martyr himself. At the same time, his duty as a Catholic priest, and conviction as a Christian, are persuading him to do just that. Surprisingly, there's a profound theological moment when Hurt declares, in the midst of the machete dismemberments and butchery, that he's never felt God's love and presence so strongly and tangibly. The idea that in the face of true evil, God will reveal His. An exceptional movie.
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