Sunday, August 06, 2006

• Ideas of Heaven and the Gospel

  I realize that I have not posted in quite a while, but for the first time since I don't know when I have free time.

  About a week ago, I watched the file "What Dreams May come" starring Robin Williams. I have previously heard strange things about the movie, but upon seeing it, I was amazed with the story of the gospel. (Granted, there were some complete flawed theological ideas about heaven, but none the less, the gospel was found in the film.)

  Picture the story of a man who desperately loves his wife that he ventures into hell to find her. She is lost within her own mind, consumed with despair, and doesn't even realize that she is dead. She dwells in a place that resembles her earthly home, but now is mared by her despair. Her husband, Christopher, (who she calls Christy) finds her in this state and with all his love decides to join her in that despair. He is willing to give up his own sanity to be with her. The fact that he joins her is the one thing that saves her from her mental blindness.

  What amazed me was that the movie not only included the story of the gospel, but it was not trying to. The film tried to depict a heaven and hell that included many religions and ideas (as least the ones that talk of heaven and hell), but was unable to tell the story without the gospel. The Gospel narrative is so engranged in us that it even defines our film making.

  This is just food for thought. The film is quite artsy and worth a few moments of pondering.

  Currently Watching What Dreams May Come (Ws Spec) By Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., Annabella Sciorra, Max von Sydow, Jessica Brooks Grant, Josh Paddock, Rosalind Chao, Lucinda Jenney, Maggie McCarthy (II), Wilma Bonet, Matt Salinger, Carin Sprague, June Lomena, Paul P. Card IV, Werner Herzog, Clara Thomas, Benjamin Brock, Jared Dorrance, London Freeman, Phaedra Neitzel see related

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