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Duration: 09:05 minutes Upload Time: 2007-06-11 15:24:04 User: rstabosz :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day |
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Description: I've always thought that John Patrick Shanley's under-appreciated film, Joe vs. the Volcano, had a most excellent grasp of the Catholic understanding of sexuality & marriage. Joe starts the film out losing his soul. A man with an unraveled soul can't love a woman nuptially (wholly). He can seek solace from loneliness (Joe and Deedee), he can be honorable with a wrecked-up flibbertygibbet (Patricia). But only when his soul is healed can he give and receive love that will last a lifetime of unknowns. Disclaimer: I don't own Joe, the Volcano, or any part of this movie, and I exercise fair use laws in uploading a short excerpt for the purposes of explicating a theme (marriage and sexuality). |
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| rstabosz ::: Favorites 2007-11-14 04:09:54 Your experience could support an alternative explanation. Christians believe in "all that is, seen (physical) and unseen (spiritual)." Perhaps they make more mistakes about the world of the unseen (sin, the return of Christ) than those who restrict their belief to all that is seen (the physical). The younger Joe balanced bodily activity (firefighting) and spiritual (courage) appropriately. The older Joe let his fear of mortality suppress his spirit. He forgot... how big... reality is __________________________________________________ | |
| rstabosz ::: Favorites 2007-11-12 15:13:15 "Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour." NAB, Matt 25:13. The gist of the parable is the need to stay awake always because we don't know when our life crises (concretized as the "end times") will take place. Non-Christians too become overly concerned with the past or obsessed with the future. That is a temptation to which rational beings living in time are pre-disposed. Christians do have a philosophical & a theological commitment to living in the present, though. __________________________________________________ | |
| rstabosz ::: Favorites 2007-11-11 16:39:56 Considering that Jesus is on record as saying, "Stay awake!", I'd say that the film is right in sync with Christ's live for today, stay awake attitude. __________________________________________________ | |
| ceycey2000 ::: Favorites 2007-11-11 16:27:29 wonderful,remarkable,excellent .....joe versus the volcano __________________________________________________ | |
| finnjolly ::: Favorites 2007-11-02 01:51:07 yes... I agree with you ;) Waking up and getting a great cup of coffee! __________________________________________________ | |
| Minuteman351 ::: Favorites 2007-09-27 20:02:42 The symbolism is just amazing! Joe as the Christ figure, the rebellious woman as us (humanity) and the marriage of the Lamb at the end. The Chief as Pontius Pilate, who doesn't want to see Joe jump in and sacrifice himself, even the treatment by the Waponis (getting wacked with fish and the octopus) is like the mistreatment before the crucifixtion. It's all there! Great analogy for the REAL story. :) __________________________________________________ | |
| swansdaughter ::: Favorites 2007-08-31 21:47:41 I've always loved that scene with the rising moon. Anyone who has lived a life without some similar experience has missed a great thing. "Every knee will bow and every tongue will confess." __________________________________________________ | |
| finnjolly ::: Favorites 2007-08-11 01:16:45 had to watch the movie several times to "get it"... once I got it ... the message was clear. Superb! __________________________________________________ | |
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