 | The Green Mile
(1999)
 | the wrongfully-convicted John Coffey
(J.C.) as a suffering servant figure. |
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| Life is Beautiful
(1999) |
| Patch Adams (1998)
| The mystery of suffering--a brilliant part in the movie
when Patch (Robin Williams) is arguing with God after the tragic death
of the woman he loves. He turns away and God gives him an amazing
response. (Alan Missen) |
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|
Pleasantville (1998)
| "Trial" scene. The boy is a
Christ/Jesus figure who has no attorney (no fair trial). He's being tried
because he's been stirring up the people and changing the status quo--which
those who don't want change find threatening. The difference is that in this
scene the boy finally does present his own defense and in the process
"saves" everyone (the town and everyone in it is now in living color). (Alix
Pridgen) |
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| Eye of God
(1997)
| juxtaposed death scenes near end of
movie. |
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| Jerusalem (1996)
| This movie has the aura of an Ingmar Bergman
production, with a series of twists and turns in the plot and
thought-provoking motifs. It is based on the novel by Selma Lagerlof,
and portrays Swedish peasant life around the turn of the 20th Christian
viewers of this movie will likely be interested in the themes of:
mainline versus apocalyptic-sectarian faith, authority and power,
discerning the truth, suffering and sacrifice, love and forgiveness. I
highly recommend Jerusalem because of theological grist for the the mill
that it provides. (The Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson) |
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| The
Shawshank Redemption
(1994)
| Andy's conversation with Red after Red
discovers that Andy is in prison unjustly. |
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| Sophie's Choice |
