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PASADENA, CA (December 16, 2003)\u00a0 – The Christmas season announces the arrival\u00a0 not only of a Savior, but also a host of blockbuster movies that send\u00a0 millions to theaters all over North America.<\/p>\n

Robert K. Johnston, an ordained Evangelical Covenant Church minister,\u00a0 has been among those in the religious community most aware of the\u00a0 significance of the latter phenomenon. Johnston, who served for 11 years\u00a0 as dean of North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, has been a\u00a0 faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena since 1993. He\u00a0 served as provost at the school from 1993 to 1995 and is currently\u00a0 professor of theology and culture.<\/p>\n
\"\"<\/a>Johnston co-authors film reviews for The Covenant Companion<\/em> with\u00a0 his wife, Catherine Barsotti. Johnston’s notoriety in that realm has\u00a0 also received national attention. His book, Reel Spirituality,<\/em> addresses movie mediums and religious implications for the church. He\u00a0 received the first-ever Spiritus Award during the 2002 City of Angels\u00a0 Film Festival in Los Angeles. He recently discussed the important role\u00a0 movies play in our society’s spiritual life during a telephone interview\u00a0 with Craig Pinley, staff writer for the Department of Communication.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> What makes the movie industry so important in terms of\u00a0 determining the spiritual pulse of North America?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> The advent of video – and more recently DVD – has\u00a0 changed the way movies function in our society. Rather than being simply\u00a0 one form of possible entertainment on a weekend night, movies have\u00a0 become the primary storytelling medium for our culture. Even if you miss\u00a0 a film the first time around, a recommendation from a friend is\u00a0 sufficient enough reason for you to drive to the nearest Blockbuster to\u00a0 rent a movie. Where novels functioned to explore the depth of life’s\u00a0 meaning 30 or 40 years ago, now our best sellers tend more to be “pulp\u00a0 fiction.” Think of the leading authors of the 1960s and 70s – John\u00a0 Updike, Philip Roth, Saul Bellow, Flannery O’Connor. The best selling\u00a0 authors today are Danielle Steele and John Grisham – theirs is simply\u00a0 escapist fiction (writers). They’re fun reads, but not particularly deep\u00a0 or significant. Of course, there are a host of movies that function\u00a0 similarly –\u00a0 Bad Santa<\/em> (a recently released movie) is not meant\u00a0 to be deep or life changing. On the other hand, there are a number of\u00a0 movies that are providing a vision of humanity – how it is supposed to\u00a0 be. These provide an important expression of our spiritual pulse. They\u00a0 reveal our myths and pictures of life.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> But movies have been around for years. What makes them\u00a0 especially significant now as a medium?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> For persons over 40, watching a movie is one possible\u00a0 way of using your discretionary time. For persons under 40, however,\u00a0 it’s often like eating, sleeping, using your computer – it’s simply part\u00a0 of life, an expectation of what happens. And perhaps it’s worth noting\u00a0 that computers are included as one of those givens for those under 40.\u00a0 They also would not be part of life’s expectations for those over 40. If\u00a0 television is ubiquitous, it functions more as background noise. We\u00a0 might spend more hours there, but we take it less seriously . . . even\u00a0 though we see fewer movies, movie viewing demands more attention. It\u00a0 focuses our energy to a greater degree, attempting to usher us into\u00a0 greater understanding of truth. When you go to a theater, the lights go\u00a0 down, you expect to be shown something and when you’re not, you feel\u00a0 cheated. The movie has the possibility of making you see something you\u00a0 otherwise would have overlooked. In that sense, it’s a particularly\u00a0 powerful artistic medium, perhaps the most powerful.<\/p>\n
In a novel, you can pause to daydream. When watching a play, you can\u00a0 focus your attention on any of the actors present on the stage. When you\u00a0 watch a movie, the filmmakers point you to what you are to see and\u00a0 demand your attention. And the music and editing simply guide your\u00a0 response. Here is why Blockbuster is so significant. Thirty years ago,\u00a0 you had no ongoing access to a movie. On the other hand, today you’ll\u00a0 see a movie and know you’ll be able to rent a DVD and get what you’ve\u00a0 missed. If you missed a movie and a friend tells you the movie made him\u00a0 cry, you go and rent it. This has transformed the way films function in\u00a0 our society and around the world.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> A couple of generations ago, movies were seen as\u00a0 blasphemy by many churches. Now, you’re telling me that churches can’t\u00a0 afford NOT to be aware of the movies that are out there. What can the\u00a0 church learn from the movie industry that can be taken back to the\u00a0 pulpits and the pews?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> If you asked someone how many sermons you can remember\u00a0 in the last two months, and then how many movies they remember in the\u00a0 last two months, most persons under 40 will do a much better job\u00a0 recounting the movies they’ve seen, the plots they covered and what was\u00a0 significant. Movie going is, in this way, putting significant pressure\u00a0 on church communicators on how they tell the greatest story ever told.\u00a0 It is being demanded that we return to a more narrative form of\u00a0 preaching. We might have used a story as an illustration or a throwaway\u00a0 30 or 40 years ago. If we’re not using narrative as a significant\u00a0 portion today, many are simply tuning us out.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> Are there any recently released movies you would recommend?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> Let me comment on two movies my wife and I have\u00a0 recently seen. In Elf<\/em> you have this innocent elf\/human, played by\u00a0 Will Ferrell, who remains true to his vision of goodness throughout the\u00a0 film, even when he’s put into the foreign environment of New York City.\u00a0 The movie is a comedy, it’s meant to be hilarious. It’s not a “message\u00a0 movie,” but it functions, nonetheless, in a way that holds up an image\u00a0 of wholeness or possibility.<\/p>\n
In The Master and Commander<\/em> you have a road movie, only now the\u00a0 road is the open sea in which the center of power and meaning in the\u00a0 movie is the relationship between two buddies, the ship’s captain and\u00a0 the doctor. The adventure takes a backseat to the importance of human\u00a0 relationships. When push comes to shove, both are willing to forgo their\u00a0 professional ambition for the sake of the other. Viewers leave the movie\u00a0 theater with a sense of “here is how life is or should be,” at least\u00a0 with regards to the importance of friendship. These movies are more\u00a0 significant than many suppose. Their stories provide us with an\u00a0 interpretive background that we can base our reality on – the same way\u00a0 nursery rhymes function for little children or C.S. Lewis wanted his\u00a0 “Chronicles of Narnia” to function.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> What about the much-heralded Matrix<\/em> movie and the\u00a0 upcoming Lord of the Rings<\/em> film \u2013 The Return of the King<\/em> –\u00a0 which comes to theaters on Wednesday?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> Both the Matrix<\/em> and The Lord of the Rings<\/em> are important movies for Christians to see. Both have significant\u00a0 religious dimension that invites and demands our dialogue. Christians\u00a0 lined up at the gates for Matrix 1<\/em> were frustrated by Matrix\u00a0 2,<\/em> and now in Matrix 3<\/em> their initial interest seems somewhat\u00a0 vindicated. On the other hand, as many have pointed out, where Matrix\u00a0 1<\/em> was revolutionary in its filming, in both Matrix 2<\/em> and Matrix 3<\/em> the screenwriters have much lost of their originality.\u00a0 The sequels seem to suffer from a lack of a convincing story.\u00a0 Nevertheless, we are given a vision of rebirth, sacrificial death and\u00a0 redemption that invites dialogue with the Christian faith. We also have\u00a0 shown to us images that help the society understand something of the\u00a0 spiritual depth in all of life. We do, in fact, wrestle against\u00a0 principalities and powers in high places. There are forces of good and\u00a0 evil that exist in the world. But speaking personally, because Matrix<\/em> is so obvious in its religious allegory, I have not been\u00a0 as interested in it. It hits you over the head.<\/p>\n
In that sense, The Lord of the Rings<\/em> is more effective. Readers\u00a0 of J.R.R. Tolkien have marveled at his ability to provide a mythic alter\u00a0 reality that gives us the taste and feel of a Christian worldview\u00a0 without expressly naming it. In that way, it functions to provide a read\u00a0 on reality that is consistent with the Christian story. Having\u00a0 experienced the trilogy, one might more easily be able to hear the\u00a0 Christ story in new and enlivening ways. It’s giving you the feel of truth.<\/p>\n
Pinley:<\/strong> Any others?<\/p>\n
Johnston:<\/strong> The Passion<\/em> will be a significant religious\u00a0 experience for all who see it. I saw it several months ago. Mel Gibson\u00a0 is a faithful conservative Catholic who has created an homage to his\u00a0 Lord. It’s a Catholic presentation – think of the crucifix, which is\u00a0 typical in a Roman Catholic Church, as opposed to an empty cross. The\u00a0 divinity of Christ and his resurrection are everywhere assumed in the\u00a0 movie, but the focus is on the final 12 hours of Jesus’ life. In\u00a0 particular, there’s almost an hour given over to Jesus’ torture and\u00a0 death. Those with any interest in, or commitment to, the person of Jesus\u00a0 will simply be overcome by the extent of his sacrifice on our behalf.<\/p>\n
The movie also is unique because it doesn’t put the language of Jesus\u00a0 into modern English, encouraging us unconsciously to recast Jesus in our\u00a0 image. We’re instead forced to experience him cross-culturally. It’s a\u00a0 different time and a different place and a different voice. We’re\u00a0 invited into Jesus’ world, rather than recrafting Jesus into our own. I\u00a0 found this to be compelling. It was at times even breathtaking. I think\u00a0 the movie will be too much for some. The cruelty and inhumanity has a\u00a0 terrible “beauty,” but it’s still terrible. Surely, there has never been\u00a0 a Jesus movie with such craft and care.<\/p>\n
At the same time, those who found Braveheart<\/em> too gory might have\u00a0 trouble with Mel Gibson’s current role as a violent, redemptive\u00a0 superstar. Others, however, will find their faith being strengthened as\u00a0 they see a suffering that produces redemption.<\/div>\n
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