American Beauty (1999)
- Information at Internet
Movie Database
- Roger
Ebert Review, Chicago Sun Times
-
Looking Closer, review by Jeffrey Overstreet, "searching for truth, beauty
and meaning in the movies."
- Review at
Cinema in Focus
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"American
Beauty and the Delight in the Ordinary," Steve Lansingh,
TheFilmForum: Christian Conversation about the Movies.
- Movie
Parables Review
- Hollywood
Jesus visual review
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Review, Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality & Health -
Spiritual Practices for Human Being.
- Themes
- Aging, Despair
- "The movie is about a man who fears growing
older, losing the hope of true love and not being respected by those
who know him best."
- Conversion, Rebirth
- "...the catalyst to Lester's transformation
from a nearly dead sad sack to a liberated man who is not afraid to
express his emotions comes in the form of Angela, a blonde teenage
cheerleader."
- Decision
- "I am using the
illustration of American Beauty this week as I preach from Joshua 24
("choose then whom you will serve...) A stunning picture of
folks who have chosen to trust in work, success, family, parenting,
marriage as ultimate truths, and not a single one of these concerns
worked." (submitted by Pr. Lynn Silva-Breen)
- Moral ambiguity/hypocrisy
- The roses that appear throughout the movie are
symbols of hypocrisy, for example the roses in the house denote that
the house itself is a hypocrisy; the outside of the house is
beautiful and what goes on inside is complete opposite of the
external appearance. another example is the rose itself meaning that
a rose is beautiful when you look at it far away but up close its in
a way painful looking because of its thorns, everything in the world
is could look beautiful but it can also hurt. (Patrick Werner,
Memphis TN)
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