Time Bandits

The Text This Week Lectionary, Scripture Study and Worship Links and Resources
This Week's Sponsors:
RELIGION AND THEOLOGY JOURNALS ATLASerials (ATLAS) Online Collection Free 30-day trial and major discounts ATLA	Global Bible Commentary Biblical Interpretation from perspectives around the world	SERMON WRITER Lectionary Resources: Now including children's sermons FREE SAMPLES	Cokesbury. com Version 5.0 More products. More services. Same discounts. Cokesbury: your partner in ministry. Visit us today! www. cokesbury.com	journeywith jesus.net A weekly webzine for the global church Lectionary essays, books, film, and poetry	Lectionary. Org Excellent Exegesis of the Gospels and it is FREE
HOME \| SCRIPTURE INDEX \| MOVIE INDEX \| ART INDEX \| SEARCH \| ABOUT \| SUPPORT \| CONTACT
FREE NEWSLETTER \| PDA \| RESOURCES FOR USE IN TIMES OF TERRORISM AND WAR \| WEB LOG

Podcasts

Index by Scripture

textweek
weblog

Index:

Christmas
(Dec 24/25)

St Stephen
(Dec 26)

St John
(Dec 27)

Holy Innocents
(Dec 28)

Holy Name/Mary
(Jan 1)

New Year
(Jan 1)

Christmas 1
(Jan 1)

Epiphany
(Jan 6)

Baptism of Jesus
(Jan 8)

   Martin Luther
   King, Jr.
     (Jan 15)

Epiphany 2
(Jan 15)

Confession Peter
(Jan 18)

   Prayer Christian
   Unity
     (Jan 18-25)

Epiphany 3
(Jan 22)

Conversion Paul
(Jan 25)

Epiphany 4
(Jan 29)

Presentation
(Feb 2)

Epiphany 5
(Feb 5)

Epiphany 6
(Feb 12)

Epiphany 7
(Feb 19)

St Mathias
(Feb 24)

   Transfiguration/
   Last Epiphany
     (Feb 26)

Calendars:

YEAR A

YEAR B

YEAR C

FESTIVALS/
SPECIAL DAYS

General Resources for Seasonal Worship Planning:

Advent

Christmas

Epiphany

Lent

Holy Week

Easter

Pentecost

Information about sponsorship and support for this webwork

jeneewd@textweek.com

copyright information

Click here to use PayPal to support
The Text This Week:

Time Bandits (1981)

Information at Internet Movie Database

Themes

Confrontation between Good and Evil, Redemption, Seductive Power of Evil

I am using Time Bandits this week for Lenten discussion on the Fall and Redemption, the power of good over evil, the human propensity for trying to be God rather than acting fully as human. The theology is excellent (I think, anyway) and the film is SO much more than its cover blurb says. It helps to watch it more than once, since the dialog is British, and the dialog and action both move very fast. The elements of the film are very tightly constructed, with scenes inter-related one to another; i.e., the game show that Kevin's mother and father watch at the beginning of the film becomes Satan's enticement and trap later on. The Supreme Being is so perfectly a low-church Anglican cleric, that we Episcopalians feel right at home. (submitted by Mary Goshert)

Index of Movie Titles

Index of Movie Themes