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Listening to the Voices of Today

A series of presentations, Lent 2006

The Art of Film - John Greed

Return to Lent talks index page.

John Greed showed clips from four films:
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
  • The Matrix
  • The Island
  • Ice Age
Questions that were discussed in groups were such things as:
  • Would the average filmgoer recognise the death and resurrection of Aslan as a type of Christ?
  • Is the message of The Matrix, with all its borrowing of Christian imagery, a Christian message?
  • Does The Island have echoes of Christian truth?
  • Is Ice Age really a film for children, or for adults also?
Stimulating and thought-provoking discussion took place, but the evening was not such as to lend itself to a written summary.

For what it is worth, the groups thought that the average cinemagoer would not recognise echoes of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus in the Narnia film, but would hear a message of self-sacrifice, and the triumph of good over evil.

The Matrix, despite the death and resurrection of its hero, was much more a Gnostic than a Christian film. 'Redemption' was sought through esoteric knowledge, and the hero was by no means a morally perfect person, like Christ.

The Island, another film where the population in general is kept in ignorance of their true position, does have moments that Christians will recognise as having something of Christian teaching in them, for example in the search for truth, even when it is uncomfortable or even dangerous.

Ice Age had a powerful moral message about the need for love and the power of love, and showed the willingness of one of the central characters to sacrifice himself for the character who had been his enemy.


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