What’s the deal here?
Have you ever had a blinding flash of clarity about a better life or a better world? A moment that set your heart to burning for something more? It can start something big, and it can start with a moment in a movie.
That’s what is about: finding life through film. Whether a film is old or new, we turn things around: We spend less time critiquing a film and more time asking if the film can critique us. With any film, we:
- Focus first on how a film embodies the best in life — good, true, beautiful things — even if its filmcraft falls short.
- Tone down (but don’t ignore) our critique of a film’s failings.
- Allow a film to show ugly sides of life if, by doing so, it might help us see a better path to the best in life.
Why? Because life is better when the world’s a better place, and that starts with us. Whether on DVD or in a theater, we have a good time with film and we want movies to help us get better. Other bits you’ll find on the site:
- The latest film talks
- The three parts of a film talk
- Good books and quotes
- How to learn more about it
A angle on film is about how we change from the inside out and how film can help us do that. It works like this:
- Heart. On the inside, in our hearts, is who we really are. A film can show us the best things in life and move us toward loving them.
- Beauty. Our hearts move with Beauty — good, true, pleasing things. A film can help us feel the joy of real Beauty or the pain of Beauty’s absence.
- Love. As a film moves us toward Beauty, we can find and live love and relationship with those around us.
- Find a film’s heart. Seeing a film, we want more than the fun of the moment. We also want the film’s heart to move us toward the best in life.
- Take care with content. We see films that dive deep into ugly issues of this life, and thus show ugly things, but we don’t want to enjoy ugly content for its own sake.
- Consider what to watch. We see a broad range of films, yet we aim to choose better films that enrich our lives with Beauty in the moment and that also help us get better.
I hope you’ll join us.
Randy Heffner
organizer
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