Posted on 03/05/2006 11:39:23 AM PST by churchillbuff
For a movie that is so scrupulously accurate in so many respects, "Walk the Line" makes surprisingly little of the abiding faith that Mr. Cash always credited, along with Ms. Carter, for saving his life.
"That dimension of Cash's life, which was present all the way through, was absent," said the Rev. C. Clifton Black, a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, who criticized the film for that reason in a review for the magazine The Christian Century. "I was stunned."
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Look at the propaganda they are selling tonight during the Academy Awards. Two movies celebrating homosexuals, one movie applauding a transsexual, and two others celebrating Marxism (an evil responsible for millions of mass murders in the 20th century alone).
Maybe he didn't care for organized religion, because it required him to "walk the line." He wouldn't do it for his first wife (for whom the song was written), so why for any congregation?
Which ones? (I don't pay attention to movies, so pardon my ignorance)
Wonder why he saw fit to leave out God?
One is "Good Night and Good Luck" which bashes McCarthy and glorifies CBS and Murrow.
Check out the Bear Family DVD of a couple appearance on Town Hall Party. He did songs like "It Was Jesus" on a country program in the 1950s. He also originally came to Sam Phillips trying to sing gospel. Sam references this in the Good Rockin' Tonight documentary.
Some say that Johnny Cash "wasn't religious" until late in his life. I'd say he had faith even if he wasn't always living right.
I'd say the same about Jerry Lee Lewis. And Elvis.
And you can hear them singing gospel songs together on the "Million Dollar Quartet" after hours tape (when Elvis came back to visit his friends at Sun after moving to RCA).
"That dimension of Cash's life, which was present all the way through, was absent," (Christianity)
Too bad. I was tempted to buy the DVD. Then I read somewhere that our lovely southern girl Reese Witherspoon also contributing to Hillary's campaign. Nothing is sacred.
AND a movie about mass-murder suicide bombers.
Paradise Now - a documentary that swoons over Palestinian murderers.
Define "made"> Another person's son made a film about a group of missionaries who were slaughtered back in the 1950s.
His father was played by a homosexual activist. The son was not happy with the casting but the director threatened to walk if the roll was recast.
Not to mention a movie celebrating suicide bombing.
It does have some christian allusions such as Cash's Mom giving him her hymn book and June and Johnnie going to church after his bad drug episode.
However, Cash's son said he wanted to emphasize his mother and father's relationship in the film, so the "God" angle is not emphasized as much as Cash's autobiography emphasizes it.
No matter--those who will grow to learn about Cash because of the film will see how his life was changed through the power of the Gospel.
Cash's son was executive producer...thus he had a major role in the making of the film.
I've heard a lot of good reviews from others as well. The actors did there own singing. Maybe I'll just bite my tongue and wait for Sam's to release it half price.
My mother's faith becomes very evident in watching the film--her strength in God. The film deals with my father growing up as a young man and his struggles. My father resoundingly professed his faith in God later. It becomes evident early in the film how my father wanted to have faith in the Gospel. But the major focus in the film is their love affair. It's not really a film about their faith. The point where the film stops off is the point where my father truly begins to seek out Christianity. The point where he started is where the film ends. My parents' number-one goal was to have a movie about their life, and how their love helped them come together. I believe we've done that.
I also thought the movie was excellent.
I differ from some posters here in that I thought it was quite clear about his conversion. I didn't need to see him praying...his witness to me was the change in his life.
I thought that part of the film in which he hit bottom and June told him it was time to make a new beginning (implying strongly a new beginning in the Lord) was the most poignant moment in the movie.
Vy powerful to me (having been through such an experience personally).
"I read somewhere that our lovely southern girl Reese Witherspoon also contributing to Hillary's campaign"
Yeah, she gives Hildebeast money...won't be going to any more of her movies either...
Yes, it was certainly implied. I thought it could have been a bit stronger, but they didn't choose that route.
Anyway, those interested will do further research and discover how deep Cash's religious roots went. (I found out he even wrote a novel about Paul the Apostle which I intend to read.)
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