Catholic Film Club

How a Stop-Motion PINOCCHIO helps us appreciate our Creator | Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio is a masterful retelling of the timeless tale by Carlo Collodi. He updates the story in many ways, adding his preoccupation with fascism, a tragic backstory to Geppetto, his classic theme of disobedience... but the most foundational and brilliant innovation is to tell the story using stop-motion animation. This art form adds a third-dimension to the themes of Pinocchio. Ask yourself, what does it mean to be a "real boy" when all the real people around you are puppets? The film and the craft behind it invite us to reflect on our own role as craftsmen in relation to our Creator.In two weeks we will have a follow-up episode where we answer three questions asked in this video.The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience in the movies.INSTAGRAM: @media.benedictineWEBSITE: Media.benedictine.eduBENEDICTINE COLLEGE: benedictine.eduLetter to Artists - St. Pope John Paul II https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/letters/1999/documents/hf_jp-ii_let_23041999_artists.html

SECOND TAKES | The Conversation ft. Dr. Richard White

Dr. Richard White (Professor of Theology at Benedictine College) joins Michael Coy (guy) for a conversation about The Conversation, the paranoid thriller starring Gene Hackman, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Watch our Introductory Essay to The Conversation    • Coppola's CONVERSATION with God   The Catholic Film Club is about Craft & Conscience in the movies. One Film a Month Introductory Essay at the beginning of the month Follow up conversation with a special guest and YOUR answers to three questions. Email us: filmclub@benedictine.edu
 
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FIRST TAKE: Three Questions about THE CONVERSATION (1973)

This month on the Catholic Film Club we're covering The Conversation, Francis Ford Coppola's paranoid thriller about Harry Caul (Gene Hackman) a surveillance man who leads a very private life. Join us in two weeks for an hour-long discussion about the film.
The Catholic Film Club covers one movie a month. Our main subject is the marriage between craft & conscience in the movies.
This podcast is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.

HEART OF A SERVANT: The Fr. Flanagan Story | Director Rob Kaczmark

We're happy to be joined by Rob Kaczmark, the President and CEO of Spirit Juice Studios. Spirit Juice is the premiere Catholic production company, based on Chicago, IL. They have created top flight films for any number of organizations, including Word on Fire and The Knights of Columbus. Rob is the co-director of Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story, a feature length documentary about the founder of Boys Town, NE, Fr. Ed Flanagan.WATCH Heart of a Servant: The Fr. Flanagan Story on Amazon Prime https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Servant-...The Pint & The Cross: How to Drink Like a Saint https://pintandcross.com/
 
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CONCLAVE lies about Confession | SCENE ANALYSIS

Conclave has been nominated for several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. The most annoying of these nominations is Best Adapted Screenplay by Peter Straughn, based on the novel by Robert Harris, because neither the screenplay or the novel has a clue about the Catholic Church. Even though they have a LOT of opinions on how to fix it. Case in point, a scene where its hero breaks the Confessional seal, which any Cardinal would know incurs an AUTOMATIC excommunication. But hey, who needs logic or honesty when you have a big message to deliver?WATCH our previous discussion on CONCLAVE'S TWIST ENDING https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmhBaDur4bA
MOVIEWISE: "Conclave has no brains" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cseW9B-Ug3k
The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience. This show is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Introduction
0:48 - Conclave Background and Oscars
2:35 - Priests CANNOT break the Confessional Seal
7:50 - Alfred Hitchcock's "I CONFESS"
9:00 - BEGIN Scene Breakdown
19:50 - Where Cardinal Lawrence definitively breaks Seal
29:00 - Closing Thoughts

When David Lynch made a Disney movie

WATCH VIDEO ESSAY ON YOUTUBETo pay tribute to the late David Lynch, Michael Coy recommends his least celebrated film, THE STRAIGHT STORY, which was a G-Rated family film distributed by Disney. The movie tells the true story of Alvin Straight, who took his riding lawnmower over hundreds of miles to visit his dying brother.THE STRAIGHT STORY is available to stream on Disney+ The 4K Remaster Blu-Ray is available through STUDIOCANALMark Cousins Interviews David Lynch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0a1IIY7b1E&t=24s The
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A COMPLETE UNKNOWN celebrates the COURAGE of Bob Dylan

Michael Coy and Tom Hoopes sit down to talk A COMPLETE UNKNOWN, starring Timothée Chalamet as the iconic musician, Bob Dylan. Tom Hoopes asserts that the speech given by Kansas City Chiefs kicker, Harrison Butker, at Benedictine College gave us permission to speak freely, the same way Bob Dylan's electric set at the Newport Folk Festival gave us permission to be who we wanted to be. The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience. This show is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. WATCH on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oX0956OFyAIApple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/r8mtk96u
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NOSFERATU and "The Dance of Darkness"

Michael and Patrick sit down with Dr. Nathan Bowman to discuss Robert Eggers latest horror film which is a retelling of the 1922 version, Nosferatu. Dr. Bowman recognized the physicality of Lily-Rose Depp's performance and her use of Butoh dance, a Japanese dance-theater art form that originated in the 1950's and translates as "dance of darkness."                                                            The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience. This show is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/r8mtk96u Email: filmclub@benedictine.eduDonate: https://media.benedictine.edu/give

Did COVID kill Christmas Movies?

The best Christmas movies in history came from times of great national unity following times of international stress. One thinks of the devastation of WW2 followed by WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954), the great tension of the Cold War followed by HOME ALONE (1990), and the terror of 9/11 followed by ELF (2003). But COVID has been a unique example of an international crisis that did not the bring us together, and the quality of our Christmas movies reflect this. There are good Christmas movies coming out today, but there is no zeitgeist. Michael Coy, Patrick Bautista, and guest host John Cleary discuss what happened to the great Christmas movies, and how we can get them back. They also make their recommendations for little seen Christmas films, TOKYO GODFATHERS, EMMET OTTER'S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS, and.... CHILDREN OF MEN? The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience. This show is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas. YouTube: https://youtu.be/oswJpJ3hgbc?si=Rs6tNQGzGjCUOYtN
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Netflix MARY and the PROBLEM with Bible Movies (SPOILERS)

Is Mary the original Yas Queen? Or is she so much more? MARY is the latest biblical epic distributed by Netflix. It stars Israeli actress Noa Cohen as The Blessed Mother of Jesus Christ alongside Anthony Hopkins as the mad King Herod. Directed by practicing Catholic, DJ Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye), it purports to tell the real story of Mary using Catholic and Orthodox tradition to trace her roots from her time in the temple to the birth of Christ... It also has Mary burst through a wall of fire and botch her famous line to the Angel Gabriel, "Let it be done to me according to your word." Tom Hoopes (The Extraordinary Story Podcast) joins Michael Coy to discuss what the movie got wrong and right about The Blessed Mother, and whether this is a worthwhile film to add to your Christmas movie rotation.
The Catholic Film Club is a podcast about Craft & Conscience. This show is brought to you by The Center for Catholic Media at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
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Email: filmclub@benedictine.edu
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro (SPOILERS AHEAD)
2:19 - Bible Movies give a false impression?
5:45 - The challenge portraying Mary
7:59 - Is Netflix Mary Sinless?
9:22 - Is she presented in the temple?
10:50 - Does she vow to be a virgin?
11:30 - Pain at Childbirth?
12:45 - Depiction of St. Anne
14:10 - Taking artistic license
16:35 - DEBATE: Mary as Girlboss
22:30 - Is the best we can do?
25:10 - The "Violence is awesome" trap
28:00 - St. Joseph depiction
31:12 - Final Thoughts