Movies/Scenes
Representing
types of David
- A Simple Plan (1998)
- Hank and Sarah sacrifice everything for their own pleasure in an increasingly complex plot and end up losing all they have.
- The
Apostle
(1997)
- The Apostle as David: "So here?s King David, the great poet of the Psalms that we laud and he did something that was far worse than anything this present preacher would do. But because this is today, and not removed romantically to the past, we judge Sonny quickly and harshly. But, you know, he?s just an ordinary guy. He did not commit premeditated murder. He didn?t go to that church social and the baseball game with the intention of killing the young preacher. It just happened. Smack!" (From "The Apostle: An Interview with Robert Duvall," Bill Blizek and Ronald Burke, Journal of Religion and Film, 1998.)
- Breaking the Waves
(1996)
- Coming out of Jan and Bess's wedding, one of Jan's friends looks to one of the church's elders and asks why they aren't ringing the bells. The reply: This church doesn't have bells. [A line to remember when you get to the end of the movie, BTW]. The wedding reception is an interesting contrast between the celebration that we expect to go with a wedding, and the dour, lifelessness of the church folk. One of the reasons I'm so enthralled with this film is that it makes the church look so solemn and lifeless (and graceless, tto, for that matter). I know the church isn't anywhere near as bad as it's portrayed, but often, it's only a matter of degree -- and that hurts. David dancing before the ark gives us a glimpse at what it means to be in God's presence and to understand what it means to be in covenant with one so gracious as to be in covenant with us. (submitted by Darrel Manson, Artesia CA)
- Footloose (1984)
- "In "Footloose," the minister tries to ban dancing, but the young people quote the scene depicted in 2 Samuel, 6:1-19, as a proof that God wants us to dance."
