@ayjay Amen.
@marmanold I can totally relate to that.
@marmanold That is a wonderful evocative book. I loved it and referenced his encounter with an onion in The Pastor as Gardener.
@bbowman I can definitely understand that! Thanks!
@scottjeffries Amen. Thank you!
@frjonjordan And now I can’t wait to read your book!
@frjonjordan Thank you so much! I look forward to hearing your thoughts.
@joshuapsteele I am so sorry to read this sad news. I know it may be the thing to say, but I sincerely mean I will pray for you all.
@tinyroofnail That is such an amazing poem. Geroge Herbert is one of my favorites of all time.
@lukemperez Great to hear your enthusiasm for it. I look forward to seeing it sometime soon.
@drwalt Thank you for sharing these glimpses into the future. It’s really helpful.
@dwalbert That is such a great way to describe a subtle difference in some musicals. Thanks for parsing that out. It puts words to what I may sense when viewing.
@ReaderJohn I was an English major as an undergrad and took a class called “Victorian Literature” and we didn’t read Middlemarch in the class. So, when COVID happened and I came down with it around Christmastime, I decided to read it while quarantined. It helped me have focused time to read it.
@lukemperez Oh, man, I love the spaghetti westerns like Fist Full of Dollars, but I just couldn’t put it on my list.
@gregmoore I love these selections but have never seen Ed Wood. Adding it to the list!
@JohnBrady With some of these filmmakers, it is hard to consider what not to include!
@mwerickson Okay, so @joshuapsteele asked me to list my own top 5 movies. I didn’t realize how hard this would be to answer, but today I would say: Stalker - Andrei Tarkovsky is probably my all-time favorite filmmaker; The Tree of Life - Terrence Malick is a close second; Perfect Days - I think I could watch this film every month and not get tired of it; Au Hasard Balthasar - Robert Bresson is not to everyone’s tastes but I just love this film; Seven Samurai - Akira Kurosawa is a master.
@lukemperez Wow, I love how in-depth you went on this post. So much to explore and enjoy.
@JohnBrady Good point. Maybe “up till now” would have been better.
@ayjay This is a huge loss. Amen and amen.
@JohnBrady The Taste of Things is a gorgeous film. When I watched it the first time, I immediately wanted to watch it again. So evocative throughout that I felt I could almost smell the aromas in the kitchen.
@ablerism Okay…now I want to know what sort of class it was in which you assigned it.
@tinyroofnail Perfect Days is in my current top 10 movies of all time.
@drwalt All are welcome. Thanks for joining the conversation. I love these selections. I remember watching The Sting as a kid with my Dad, and loving the story and the music. I realized later it was a “made for television” adaptation. I love Branagh’s film renderings of Shakespeare, including Hamelt, and our family favorite as we raised our kids was Much Ado About Nothing.
@ayjay Thank you so much for graciously endorsing my book, Alan!