Films with Religious or Spiritual Themes or Refs

From the list .....Ben Hur.....Last Temptation....

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - August 02 2018 at 22:58

Oh, that's one I've heard great things about. Just starting on it, and can see that I will love that one. Thanks. The kids and wife are flying off in a couple of weeks, and then I'll watch it on the big screen (well, my big screen TV).

I really liked El Topo, although Holy Mountain has the advantage of being a more recent to me watch. Incidentally, since I caught your comment on Graphic Novels. Quoted from IMDB:

Jodorowsky has done a series of graphic novels in collaboration with the celebrated French comic artist Moebius. The novels are called "The Adventures of John Difool" and depict the adventures of a small- time private detective, who gets unwillingly involved in a battle of cosmic dimensions. The story, written by Jodorowsky, is complex and rich with insights into the problems of modern life and alienation. From the opening scene at Suicide Alley, a place where suicide epidemics frequently break out in the sullen nameless city where Difool lives, to the closing scene, also at Suicide Alley, the reader follows Difool in an adventure to first understand, and then fight for, peace and freedom in the universe. A deep and recurring message of the story is that no understanding of the human nature can be achieved via separation of the good from the evil.

As for some others you've mentioned. I'm sure we've discussed Bedazzled before and that is another I wish had occurred to me. I love that film (not the remake, which I've also seen). It's a film my dad caught on TV later than I had seen it, and was talking to me about how much he liked it (my mum got to know Cook and Moore quite well I think when Julie Christey was her roommate).

This isn't interesting, but I particularly loved Bedazzled because I caught it in 1995 when living in Japan very late night on TV. It was the first English language film I caught on TV there that had subtitles (after that, I always stayed up really late on Saturday nights to watch the films). A couple of years later my dad caught it on TV and was raving about it to me. I loved the songs part of that film. More's character with "Love Me" and then the Devil upstaging him with his opposite and more popular approach. It's one of my favourite comedies (If I haven't done it in a poll here, I'm sure I have at another forum). Maybe I will do a comedy film one -- most of my favourite comedies are British).

Most of the others you've named I have seen (I don;t catch as films as I used to). The Name of the Rose I'm sure I thought of it but forgot as I knocked this poll off, but forgot to include.

Umberto Eco is an author I have liked very much (especially Foucault's Pendulum). I should start reading more again (I'm at the point of needing reading glasses, but not used to them so I never use them except for small print).

Thanks for the well-thought out posts, Pedro.

Hi,

Edited by moshkito - August 01 2018 at 23:19

SteveG wrote: Agree 100%. Ustinov was also outstanding in Spartacus and helped to make that movie a classic.

^not that one needs Religious or Spiritual Themes or Refs to be considered serious

I think I'm going to edit in suggestions to the list plus some more of my own. I especially think I should of thought of Holy Mountain and Haxan. And I'm adding "De vierde Man" as The Fourth Man.

Despite TheDarkElf's apparent sarcastic tone (genuinely love his acerbic and often dry sense of humour) about A Man For All Seasons, a film about Thomas More, does fit, so I'm adding it.

And I will add The Little Prince and Narnia films

There's one in particular I thought about adding called Tree of Life when I made the poll which has a definite connection to religion beyond just the title (which comes from the Bible). I'm adding it too.

I'm tempted to add Conan The Barbarian, but I won't (at least not now). ;)

Oh, and I did think about adding Melancholia, a film I love, but opted not to (or more accurately, I was thinking about it, moved on, and then forgot about it, which happens to me a lot these days), will add, but I'll add it to the Breaking the Waves option. Lots of von Trier could fit methinks.

EDIT: Done those additions, think I got them all (not necessarily paired well, but...)

Edited by Logan - July 31 2018 at 10:46

Logan wrote: Good call on Haxan, and that's one I should thought of being such a big Art Zoyd fan. By the way, like my other recent polls, this one is multiple choice, so you don't have to choose any one over the others (vote for as many as you like).

Oh right. I'll start my votes then. Saw Haxan accompanied by something of a electronic/experimental live performance a couple of years ago - which was fantastic. 

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