Movies/Scenes
Representing Advent/Anticipation
- The Truman Show
(1998)
- The Truman Show - "Cue the Son" The powers that be "Christoff" would, daily, cue the sun to rise up over the constructed town and peoples. When Truman becomes more and more awake to what is happening, the others around him seek to protect their way of "life". They do a wide variety of things to keep Truman from discovering the "real world". In Advent, we are called to be alert and awake to the coming of the Son, to be alert to the real world and all that is occuring so that we can live lives "worthy of our callings." (idea came from 98 Homiletics issue) (submitted by Christ the Redeemer Church)
- Big Night
(1996)
- Two Italian brothers who own a good but struggling restaurant are supposedly helped by the owner of the hopping Italian restaurant in town. His help is that he is going to send Louis Prima and his entourage to this struggling restaurant. The formal publicity and "the buzz" created by Prima's presence will be the spark needed to get the restaurant going. The film becomes about all the preparation, excitement and anticipation of this visit. They plan a huge party for him, but he never arrives. The successful restate fabricated the whole story. Yet in the midst of disappointment, they rejoice and understand that in the preparation, excitement and anticipation, they created wonderful night. I think of this story as I consider Luke 10 and the 70 who proclaimed the Gospel without immediate results. (Alfred Bakewell)
- Star
Trek Generations (1994)
- Statement made asked of Captain Picard: "Time is the fire in which we burn" Picard's response later in the movie to his first officer: "Will, someone said to me that time is the fire in which we burn. I believe it is more like a companion on the journey. Mortality is one of the marks of our existence. It defines who we are." Since Advent considers time and the end of it, this movie helps one consider how it is being spent. (submitted by The Rev. Mark A. Thompson, Minneapolis, MN)
