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    Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment

    By Brian Godawa

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    Do you watch movies with your eyes open? You buy your tickets and concessions, and you walk into the theater. Celluloid images flash at twenty-four frames per second, and the hypnotic sequence of moving pictures coaxes you to suspend disbelief and be entertained by the implausible. Unfortunately, many often suspend their beliefs as well, succumbing to subtle lessons in how to behave, think and even perceive reality. Do you find yourself hoping that a sister will succeed in seducing her sibling's husband, that a thief will get away with his crime, that a serial killer will escape judgment? Do you, too, laugh at the bumbling priest and seethe at the intolerant and abusive evangelist? Do you embrace worldviews that infect your faith and then wonder, after your head is clear, whether your faith can survive the infection? In this thoroughly revised and updated edition of his popular book, Brian Godawa guides you through the place of redemption in film, the tricks screenwriters use to communicate their messages, and the mental and spiritual discipline required for watching movies. Hollywood Worldviews helps you enter a dialogue with Hollywood that leads to a happier ending, one that keeps you aware of your culture and awake to your faith.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndependent Publishers Group
    Release dateNov 2, 2011
    ISBN9780830869534
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    Hollywood Worldviews: Watching Films with Wisdom and Discernment
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    Brian Godawa

    Godawa is an award-winning screenwriter. He has also taught and written on film and philosophy, screenwriting, and the art of watching movies. Four of his screenplays have won multiple awards in such competitions as the Nicholl Fellowship, Austin Heart of Film, Fade-In, Worldfest, Writer's Network, Chesterfield Writer's Film Project, Columbus Discovery Award and Reader's Digest Screenplay Competition.

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      The narrative of a movie reveals the worldview behind it. I've read a lot of books about the Bible that are written by theologians. Godawa approaches the subject from the view point of a writer. He focuses on things that theologians don't always acknowledge. In this book he shows the philosophical worldviews found in today's movies have developed over the centuries. We're all influenced by ideas that were developed during the enlightenment and afterwards. These ideas show up in Hollywood movies. Very educational.

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