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Let's All Go to the Movies…continued

Each class will be a combingation of lecture, theological discussion, and viewing of contemporary, classic, and foreign films. This study will gather in the Fellowship Room at 9:30 am on Sundays in July.

July 10 — Let's All Go to the Movies — A look at how movies are made and how to have fun at the movies and take them seriously at the same time. Focus films: Cold Comfort Farm, Tender Mercies, The Apostle.

July 17 — What Makes a Movie Religious — A “conversation” with the theologian Paul Tillich. Focus films: The Ten Commandments, The Passion of the Christ, The Color of Paradise.

July 24 — What Makes a Movie Religious, Part Two — A consideration of the different “voices” within films and the ways in which movies “preach.” Focus film: Cinema Paradiso, part one.

July 31 — The Wrap Party — A consideration of the filmmaker as poet; one who sends out a message in a bottle. Focus film: Cinema Paradiso, part two.