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12Jul

13 Movies—Christ and the Christian #8: The Count of Monte Cristo (2002) and Les Misérables (2012)

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I wrote the Holy Ghost haunts no one like the 20th century English writer. If that’s the case, then it’s apt to say the Fall of Man lives rent-free in the mind of the 19th century French author. Having lived through the Revolution, the Reign of Terror, Napoleon, the Bourbon Restoration, and countless smaller turmoils […]

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27Jun

13 Movies—Christ and the Christian #7: World Trade Center

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Oliver Stone is a filmmaker who pours a lot of himself into his movies. Platoon described his experience as an infantry soldier in Vietnam. His persistent dance with drug addiction ended up on display in The Doors and his script for Midnight Express. His obsession with the paranoia and conspiracies is writ large in Snowden, […]

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4Apr

The Journeymen—13 Directors #4: Robert Wise

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I met Robert Wise at Syracuse University, when he spoke to our small film production class and ran an editing workshop. What did this award-winning director have to teach us about editing? A lot—he edited a little film called Citizen Kane. He also edited The Magnificent Ambersons, both Welles’ original vision and the studio-mandated recut. […]

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