What
Dreams May Come
(1998)
- Information at Internet
Movie Database
- "I
Dream, Therefore I Am: What Dreams May Come," Susan L
Schwartz, Journal of Religion and Film, 2000.
-
Cinema
in Focus, a social and spiritual commentary by Hal Conklin and Denny
Wayman.
- Hollywood
Jesus visual review
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Looking Closer, review by Jeffrey Overstreet, "searching for truth, beauty
and meaning in the movies."
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Movie Parables review.
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Afterlife
- raises issues of the
afterlife, heaven, hell etc. (Ellis I Washington,
Columbus GA)
- The character of Christy (is it accidental that this
name is so like Christ?) goes into Hell where
his wife, who has committed suicide is alone and
unable to recognise or accept his help. He decides that, though she
cannot respond, and he will himself soon lapse into the same
unresponsive 'dead' state, he will stay with
her. He says that he wished she could know that
here is a man who loves her so much that he would rather be in Hell
with her than in Heaven without her. At this moment she reconnects
with him, and, since he is now becoming
oblivious, she rescues him and they both find
themselves in Heaven together. It reminded me
very much of Christ's descent into Hell. He is the one who
would rather be in Hell with us than in Heaven without us, and in
doing so sets us free.
It is an interesting idea, too, that Annie's response in the end 'saves'
Christy and brings out of Hell- perhaps Christ risked more than we
thought in order to save us (or at least was
scared that he might indeed lose himself
completely)? At points in the film Annie says in
despair "sometimes even when you win, you lose"
, but at the end she says "sometimes even when you lose, you win"
...reminiscent of "those who lose their lives will find them."
(Anne Gordon)
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