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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 Mar 13, 2024
Wednesday Mar 13, 2024
Is ‘The Night of the Hunter’ a Christmas movie about spiritual warfare?
Brent talks to Hannah Long about the classic 1955 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and directed by Charles Laughton.
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 ‘American Cinema Production’.
Hannah’s article ‘Why the Night of the Hunter is a Christmas Movie’ is published In ‘First Things’.
- (1:05) What is ‘The Night of the Hunter’?
- (5:30) A Christmas movie;
- (7:35) The movie and spiritual warfare;
- (10:30) Why has the movie been seen as ‘anti-Christian’?
- (12:45) The culture of Appalachia;
- (17:30) Robert Mitchum;
- (20:15) Evil as both powerful and ridiculous;
- (23:30) What the movie has to say about children;
- (26:30) Apples.
Links mentioned in this episode:
/www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/why-the-night-of-the-hunter-is-a-christmas-movie
letterboxd.com/hannah_long/films/
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