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	<title>All film talks on Pierced to the Heart	</title>

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		<title>Moneyball (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/moneyball-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/moneyball-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

As an underdog tale of courage and risk-taking, Moneyball succeeds very well. Even more, it succeeds as an exploration of loyalty and self-interest. Being set in the &#8220;national pastime&#8221; world of baseball lends the film some popular intrigue, and being loosely based on true events lends it a measure of power (you don&#8217;t really have [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Hugo (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/hugo-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/hugo-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Have you thought of the world as a machine? For me, the question carries connotations of a cold, heartless world of isolation and exploitation. Embedded within Hugo&#8217;s exploration of other matters of the heart, the film uniquely explores &#8220;machine nature&#8221; from different angles, finding there a surprising amount of warmth and care. But I get [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Midnight in Paris (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/midnight-in-paris-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/midnight-in-paris-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1618</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

As is Woody Allen&#8217;s tendency with his films, the delightful Midnight in Paris is definitely about something. This time it&#8217;s nostalgia. Also like many of his films, which lean heavily toward having characters tell you what the film is about, so does this one &#8212; but somehow, it doesn&#8217;t come off as overbearing as usual. [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Extremely Loud &amp; Incredibly Close (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/extremely-loud-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/extremely-loud-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:24:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

A father&#8217;s unique and creative care for his son, which is at the center of Extremely Loud &#038; Incredibly Close, carries profound power of hope and healing &#8212; even when the father can&#8217;t be there. The film embodies this power strongly in its intertwining of timelines, its pacing, and especially in the lead character&#8217;s acting.






Oskar [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>War Horse (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/war-horse-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/war-horse-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1602</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

About the story in War Horse, a strict realist would say, &#8220;Yeah, right. How likely is that?&#8221; I hold to the old adage &#8220;truth is stranger than fiction&#8221; &#8212; or even Jack Johnson&#8217;s &#8220;fact and fiction work as a team.&#8221; But, I do have reservations about the filmcraft in War Horse. Its serendipitous, mildy fantastical [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Godspell (Backstory)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-back</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-back#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Christian]]></category>

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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1483</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[The big picture behind Godspell

When a film dwells heavily in the content of a particular organized belief system, the way that Godspell dwells in Christianity, a couple of the main backstory questions to arise are &#8220;What were the beliefs of the creators?&#8221; and &#8220;How do those beliefs factor

 into what they were trying to do [...] (released: 1973) ]]></description>
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		<title>Godspell (Before viewing)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Playfully serious, musically excellent, and rich in spirit, Godspell romps through New York City exploring and embodying wisdom for life and relationships from the Bible&#8217;s Gospel According to Matthew. Set in 1973, Jesus and his disciples are played as a joyful, clowning theater troupe, relishing in each other&#8217;s company, creatively re-enacting

 Jesus&#8217; parables, making what [...] (released: 1973) ]]></description>
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		<title>Godspell (After viewing)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-after</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/godspell-after#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

It must have been about the third time that I watched Godspell &#8212; over the space of 30 years or so &#8212; that I finally was able the feel the full joy of the film. I had come finally to understand the how the film embodies the critical depth of life (as opposed to religion) [...] (released: 1973) ]]></description>
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		<title>The Artist (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/artist-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2012/artist-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 23:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1453</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

The Artist is a silent film like few others &#8212; perhaps unlike any other. Simultaneously staying true to the genre and playing with it, director Michel Hazanavicius creatively employs silent film as one element of great storytelling and filmcraft &#8212; and manages to do so without falling into the trap of gimmickry. The story is [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-2011-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-2011-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1447</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy comes off with an intriguing mix of the slow and unemotional pace of the main character, Smiley, who is driving the action, countered by an emotionally charged, rapid-paced plot, while having little rapid or suspenseful onscreen action. Multiple subplots, as well as the film itself, are built around the major theme [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>The Ides of March (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/ides-of-march-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/ides-of-march-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 22:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1442</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

Of all the interest The Ides of March has to offer, the title is among the most interesting of them. The reference to political leaders and assassinations is the knee-jerk and most obvious reference, yet the film turns out to be much more nuanced and intelligent in its several other overlaid and interwoven references. Mixing [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>The Descendants (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/descendants-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/descendants-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1437</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[

Witty and gentle, unfolding at a closely measured pace, The Descendants moves through a chaotic but in the end lovely cohort of relationships wrestling with misdeeds, transgressions, wounds, and flaws, mixing tenderness and aggravation to explore how we might find heart in the middle of a mess. By intricately interweaving several stories, but making it [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Solo (After viewing)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/good-bye-solo-after</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/good-bye-solo-after#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[City of the Angels Film Festival]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

I was intensely struck by Solo&#8217;s character in Goodbye Solo and specifically by his immediate &#8212; and sustained &#8212; reaction to a fellow human in crisis. I want to be that ready to reach and stretch to care for another life. The moment (two minutes into the film) that Solo realizes that William has specific [...] (released: 2009) ]]></description>
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		<title>Goodbye Solo (Before viewing)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/good-bye-solo-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/good-bye-solo-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1101</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[A momentary acquaintance is most times just that: momentary. The beauty in Goodbye Solo arises from a quick, sharp moment of insight leads one character, driven by his depth of concern for other people, to relentlessly pursue keeping the relationship alive.

 From a different angle and perspective, it explores a profound depth and sincerity of [...] (released: 2009) ]]></description>
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		<title>Melancholia (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/melancholia-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/melancholia-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:32:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

In Melancholia, Lars von Trier gives us a film that is simultaneously enigmatic yet concrete, multilayered yet with a simple-enough central story, immediately accessible yet with endless elements that beg for deeper consideration. By juxtaposing two ends of a far flung continuum of human travails &#8212; one person&#8217;s depression

 and a threat to the earth&#8217;s [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>J. Edgar (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/j-edgar-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/j-edgar-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 02:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

The single most notable characteristic of J. Edgar is its even-handedness. It could have gone liberal, centering on abuse of power and civil rights violations, or conservative, centering on our dangerous world and the need for certain protections. Instead, it wraps stories and vignettes around these themes,

 with J. Edgar Hoover&#8217;s life, accomplishments, and frailties [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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		<title>Sympathy for Delicious (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/sympathy-for-delicious-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/sympathy-for-delicious-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[

Sympathy for Delicious takes us on an unusual journey of the collision between a faithless faith-healer and a priest who has big visions for his work. From both sides, it explores how we can miss the gifts we&#8217;ve been given in our dead-ahead focus on what we want for the future.

 The film&#8217;s fantastical premise [...] (released: 2010) ]]></description>
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		<title>Art+Spirit: The Range of Art (General updates)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/artspirit-range-of-art</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/artspirit-range-of-art#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://piercedtotheheart.org/?p=1391</guid>

	
		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2011, I gave a talk as part of the Art+Spirit creative forum. This one on &#8220;The Range of Art&#8221; followed on my talk two weeks earlier on &#8220;The Power of Art.&#8221; For those who missed it or wanted to listen again, you may download the slides and an mp3 of the talk [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Art+Spirit: The Power of Art (General updates)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/artspirit-power-of-art</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/artspirit-power-of-art#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Randy Heffner at piercedtotheheart.org</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 11, 2011, I gave a talk as part of the Art+Spirit creative forum. For those who missed it or wanted to listen again, you may download the slides and an mp3 of the talk from the links below. Also, I provided Amazon links to the books that I had with me that night, [...] ]]></description>
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		<title>Drive (Quick talk)</title>
		<link>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/drive-before</link>
		<comments>http://piercedtotheheart.org/2011/drive-before#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 23:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[

The trailers for Drive promise an action flick full of intensity and fast driving. There is indeed plenty of intensity and also some very good driving. There are some very bad bad guys, and great peril of life and limb. If that&#8217;s all one wants in a film, this is a good film for it. [...] (released: 2011) ]]></description>
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