Summer '73 MOVIE CONVERSATION July 7, 1973

Research Assembly The Gospel According to St. Matthew One Page



CONTEXT

This conversation is not the usual head on art form conversation, but is devised to pull out the viewer's insights regarding the sanctified life. The conversation screen and questions assume that the movie is a paradigm of sanctification. i.e. that the Jesus 'figure is sanctified man. What then are the crucial insights about him?



SCREEN

The following is a screen for the viewers to use in watching the movie.

  1. What were the absurd deeds of Jesus?

the absurd words?

the absurd claims?

2. What went on, place of, role of, etc.

The temptations: Desert. How sanctified man deals with temptation?

The Baptism: "This is my beloved son."

The Transfiguration. "This is my Son, my Chosen."

The teacher.

Gethsemane, cup, tomb

The Seal of the Resurrection.



CONVERSATION QUESTIONS
  1. What impressed you about the movie?

2. What did you dislike?

3. What got to you more than anything else?

4. If you think of this as a paradigm of sanctification, what do you see?