Help me come up with a list

[Nathan]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Sep 28 2005, 03:11 PM']What about Powder? No one has mentioned that one yet.
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Perhaps on purpose. The film's writer and director, Victor Salva, is a convicted pedophile (prior to his work on "Powder," Salva spent 15 months in prison for molesting the 12 year-old star of his previous movie "Clownhouse" numerous times; the boy, whom Salva began molesting when he was 7, also starred in the director's pornographic home videos).

That doesn't necessarily mean the film itself is "bad," but it should be known.

[franciscanheart]

[quote name='Nathan' date='Sep 30 2005, 08:55 PM']Perhaps on purpose. The film's writer and director, Victor Salva, is a convicted pedophile (prior to his work on "Powder," Salva spent 15 months in prison for molesting the 12 year-old star of his previous movie "Clownhouse" numerous times; the boy, whom Salva began molesting when he was 7, also starred in the director's pornographic home videos).

That doesn't necessarily mean the film itself is "bad," but it should be known.
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why? why would you need to tell people that the director did that? watch the movie for what [b]it[/b] is.

i had no idea and you know what? that doesnt change a thing about how i feel about the movie. it is still a good movie and presents very real themes that can be very easily connected to Christ and the passion.

i dont understand why the directors sins should even be a consideration in discussing the themes of a movie.

[crusader1234]

Its a little too Catholic, but Dead Man Walking is good.

We also watched Hotel Rwanda in religion class last year, and it has lots of good Christian themes and raises lots of good questions.

[Colleen]

A few links of lists that might be helpful:

[url="http://www.ignatius.com/category.aspx?SID=1&Category_ID=157&"]Ignatius Press Movies[/url]

[url="http://www.usccb.org/fb/vaticanfilms.htm"]Vatican Best Films List[/url] which has 45 movies divided into three categories: "Religion," "Values" and "Art."

[url="http://www.usccb.org/movies/topten.htm"]USCCB's Top Ten List for each year 1965-2004[/url]

[Nathan]

[quote name='hugheyforlife' date='Oct 1 2005, 05:18 PM']i had no idea and you know what? that doesnt change a thing about how i feel about the movie. it is still a good movie and presents very real themes that can be very easily connected to Christ and the passion.[right][snapback]743188[/snapback][/right][/quote]

It also presents leering shots of shirtless young men bordering on the homoerotic, as do Salva's later films [i]Jeepers Creepers[/i] and [i]Jeepers Creepers II[/i].

Would you read buy and read fiction written by Ted Bundy, or John Wayne Gacy, or Paul Bernardo? Don't you think some of who these people are -- monsters -- might creep their way into their work?

In any case, it is my believe that Salva should in be prison, not out making movies.

Edited October 2, 2005 by Nathan

[megrc]

What about It's a Beautiful Life and It's a Wonderful Life?

[HomeTeamFamily]

emperors new groove

[Quietfire]

Shindler's List?