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God‘s story is the story of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. But it‘s also humanity‘s story, the story of a world fallen and blown apart and of a world reshaped and restored. It‘s the beginning of all beginnings and the end of all ends. Join Brent Siddall and the Rev Ian ‘Reido‘ Reid as they explore God, time, salvation and the cosmos. Explore the stories of Western culture as they pivot and interact with the main narrative of salvation history.
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Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Wednesday Aug 21, 2024
Is it ever justified to sacrifice a human life to save a work of art?
Brent is joined by Hannah Long to discuss the 1964 movie ‘The Train’ starring Burt Lancaster and Paul Scofield.
The first part of a two part feature – the second part will drop in a couple of days! In the second part, Brent interviews author Michelle Young about Rose Valland, the World War 2 Resistance spy whose book became the basis for ‘The Train’.
Hannah is a passionate cinephile. She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘The Bulwark’.
- (1:00) ‘The Train’ and John Frankenheimer;
- (2:45) The story;
- (5:40) The historical background – Rose Valland;
- (9:25) Colonel von Waldheim;
- (16:00) The Colonel’s motivation;
- (17:35) High art and evil in the movie;
- (19:25) ‘Degenerate’ art in the Third Reich;
- (21:10) The use of art and culture in the Third Reich;
- (25:00) The Colonel and evil;
- (25:40) Can it be immoral to reject beauty?
- (28:10) Sacred objects?
- (30:10) Scripture and beauty;
- (32:50) Labiche;
- (34:30) Labiche’s view of art;
- (36:00) Movement;
- (37:45) Burt Lancaster;
- (39:20) Is it ever right to sacrifice a life for the sake of a work of art?
- (41:45) The Resistance and Madame Villard;
- (43:50) Labiche’s motivation and why he breaks his rules;
- (50:20) Mephisto-like imagery;
- (52:15) The end of the movie;
- (56:40) Frankenheimer’s view of art and the final shot.
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