Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
The film seeks to be a satirical look at the gun control debate. Some of the film gives some of the arguments in support of fewer guns, but no real effort to reflect the thinking of Second Amendment advocates.
The film seeks to be a satirical look at the gun control debate. Some of the film gives some of the arguments in support of fewer guns, but no real effort to reflect the thinking of Second Amendment advocates.
The underlying issue of the film is really about belief and disbelief. Why is it that some people are so willing to not believe something? And the antithesis is also important: why are some people willing to believe something?
The cost of higher education continues to soar. In the past, public universities were often much cheaper, allowing more people to attend because states provided most to the money for the schools. No more. In 1980, such funding peaked in the area of 70%, in 2012 it was only 12%.
The presence of the church throughout the story points us to the consideration of righteousness in the midst of a story about revenge. In this story about a battle against evil, we may not be sure there is a place for righteousness at all.
Theoretical mathematics may not seem a fertile ground for a movie, yet there have been some very popular and acclaimed films grounded in that discipline (A Beautiful Mind and The Imitation Game come to mind). It may seem even less likely to use that field to speak of the nature of faith.
When Justice Isn?t Just tries to show a few of the issues around the question of race. However, its forty-two minutes is not nearly enough to truly be effective.
When birth and death are so near in a film, we should expect that we are being asked to reflect not just on mortality, but on the meaning of all that lies between those two bookends of life.
The film, by juxtaposing the relationship and rehab, shows that moving on in life from a painful situation?either physical or emotional?often involves forcing oneself through even more pain to find a better place at the end of the process.
Mia Madre was the winner of the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at Cannes in 2015. Ecumenical Juries often focus on finding stories of the human condition that speak to the spiritual needs that are common to us all. That is certainly the case with Mia Madre.
Things that are good, true, and beautiful, they hit the mark. So if you make things that are good, true, and beautiful, they will reach a wide audience regardless of what the topic is, what the formula is.