Film as Parable
What Might This Mean?
By Robert K Johnston
The history of film in the church—not a good one.
“Parable” Described. What is a parable. Lots of definitions given. One is, “parables are imaginary gardens with real toads in them.”
Film Described as Parable: Three Recent Articles.
Film as Parable: Some Working Criteria.
- Parables are brief stories rooted in everyday life.
- Parables are compelling stories.
- Parables do not convey information.
- Parable function subversively and are meant to challenge.
A Decade of Award-Winning Movie Parables. A list of some movies that were parables. <Including “No Country for Old Men” and “Sideways”. I get the first. I’m not sure I get the second.>
An Example of Film as Parable: Stranger Than Fiction. <After reading this, I want to see the movie. I went to put in my DvD queue and I had watched in 2007. I don’t remember it.>