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The Bone Collector (1999)
 | Information at Internet
Movie Database |
| Roger
Ebert Review, Chicago Sun-Times |
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"The Bone
Collector: Works Theology, Anyone?" Steve Lansingh, TheFilmForum:
Christian Conversation about the Movies. |
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being. |
| Themes
 | Female Christ Figure
 | Amelia's love for Lincoln Rhyme brings about the
rebirth of his hope & life. |
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| Healing
| Lincoln Rhyme's life is healed through his
relationship with Amelia and through immersing himself in his work
once more, yet he is still a quadriplegic. (Healing can happen when
the disease/disability remains.) |
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| Hope
| Lincoln Rhyme's loss of hope causes him to
contemplate suicide. As the film progresses, it is his hope that
gives him the will to live. |
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| Journey/Wilderness
| Amelia establishes her integrity/identity as she
enters the crime scenes. |
| Rhyme's time in bed as a quadriplegic is a
"wilderness" time, during which he must establish his
integrity through being "tested" in many ways. |
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| Rebirth/Redemption
| Lincoln Rhyme's life is resurrected and even
redeemed through his relationship with Amelia. |
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| Teacher/Student
| Amelia begins as Rhyme's student. Through the movie
she becomes him (in a fairly literal sense - she is his eyes,
ears, & feet). Then she begins to teach him, and the
relationship becomes mutual. |
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