Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000.
On Wikipedia: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
(PSJ, 3/26/2020)
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Showing posts with label PSJ. Show all posts
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Friday, March 27, 2020
Empire of the Sun
Steven Spielberg , 1987.
On Wikipedia: Empire of the Sun
(PSJ, 3/25/2020)
Fun Fact: This tale of a boy interned by the Japanese forces during World War II may seem surreal. But I have an acquaintance who was the child of missionaries in the Philippines during the war, and he told me he experienced internment as depicted in the film. In my friend's case, the continuation of the story -- after the war -- is, in a way, even more unbelievable. His parents were asked to return to Japan to continue their missionary work, and so Larry spent more of his early years in Japan.
I looked online to see if I could find out more about this (and to see if I really remembered the story correctly!). The answer is yes: see http://documents.adventistarchives.org/Periodicals/FEDO/FEDO19750601.pdf On page six, Larry's mother describes the family's liberation from the internment camp in the Philippines: "The most beautiful sight we had ever seen: more than one hundred parachutes blossoming in the sky. It seemed that angels had come at last." (JTS3, 3/27/2020)
Thursday, March 26, 2020
The Deer Hunter
Michael Cimino, 1976.
On Wikipedia: The Deer Hunter
(PSJ, 3/26/2020)
[Fun fact: One of the supporting actors in this film was an Oberlin alum, and was the real-life partner of Meryl Streep. (JTS, 3/26/2020)]
Chinatown
Roman Polanski, 1974.
On Wikipedia: Chinatown
On Kanopy: Chinatown
(EMS, 3/25/2020)
For anyone who can't get enough of the backstory -- the epic scheming that brought water to Los Angeles -- watch Cadillac Desert (available on Youtube as a series of short segments). (JTS3, 4/6/2020)
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Monday, March 2, 2020
The Sound of Music
Robert Wise, 1965.
On Wikipedia: The Sound of Music
Musicals, stories about people-of-faith, and movies about WWII: these are a few of my favorite things!
Everyone
probably the basic story line here: a young nun-in-training -- who
finds her God on the Vienna hillsides rather than in the convent-- is
dispatched as a governess to an unruly brood of 7 children. After an
initial period of resistance on all sides, Maria finally wins over the
kids and their uptight father (and in the process her own heart is
transformed).
Plus, Julie Andrews. What's not to love?
(RLB, 3/2/2020)
[Fun fact: when I first met RLB, I went around singing the song from the movie: "Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done some-thing good!" :-) (JTS3, 3/25/2020)]
[Fun fact: when I first met RLB, I went around singing the song from the movie: "Somewhere in my youth or childhood, I must have done some-thing good!" :-) (JTS3, 3/25/2020)]
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