There’s a new documentary coming out called “God in the Boxed” that looks interesting. The synopsis:
A film which doesn’t tell you what to believe, but asks you what you believe. A little more than three-years ago, a journalist named, Nathan Lang, our storyteller, along with a few buddies, also journalists, set out on an expedition of sorts. They were in search of the meaning of God, which if you know them, is peculiar because Nathan, at least, is not religious. But they would do it by way of exploring what God looks like to us, or in other words, how we view God.
Follow along as they construct a curious Box and take it to iconic street corners and small towns, across the country. Inside The Box, there’s a stool, a drawing table, a sketchpad and pencils, plus microphones and cameras to record all the action. The Box, which becomes a main character in its own story, is a vessel for people to step inside and answer the two, fundamental questions the film asserts: What does God mean to you? What does God look like to you? What happens next is a complete wildcard. Some people draw. Some people get angry. Everyone who goes in there is moved to self-expression.
It’s an intimate peek inside our feelings – which is all we’ve got, since it’s impossible to come by facts about God. Then with the help of an engaging collection of theologians, scholars and an archeologist, we analyze the answers and drawings. Why do we have these images and ideas in our heads? Is this really God? This expedition leads down an evocative trail from our twenty-first century perspectives to the roots of our inspirations. One cannot help but be transported inside The Box and once inside, as the filmmaker finds out, one cannot help being transformed by the experience. God In The Box offers you a unique window to examine the views of others and a mirror to examine your own.
Here’s the trailer:
Beautiful, beautiful.
What a cool idea for a documentary…I would really like to see this when it comes out.
I certainly hope the film is unbiased. It looks interesting.
Can anything be unbiased?
A bean bag chair.
Every time I’ve sat in a bean bag chair it’s always tilted one way or another, based on which way the beans split more heavily.
That’s why you have to get the ones with the miniature artificial Styrofoam peanuts for filler.
They should make those edible and they should come in different flavors, like pork and beans or black rum licorice.
Didn’t Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg do an SNL skit about this?
Oh, wait…
Step one, cut a hole in the box.
Step two…
Poseidon, look at me.
Can’t help wondering if anybody “Christened” the box ;-)
Definitely would like to see this, though I’ll probably have forgotten about it by the time it comes out.
Also, love the Elvis guy at the end of the trailer!
Ad majorum sathanas gloriam.
For the glory of poorly declined Latin nouns?
When we say the word “god” we all mean different things. There are 5 billion god concepts on the planet. Perhaps this film is an opportunity for us to see how all the meanings are meanings we humans add. It might be a chance to demonstrate that god is nothing nothing nothing but an abstraction.
Interesting docu. I’d watch it.
Another one in that vain: http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/ohmygod/
Hi there -
The producer of this movie sent me the link to your blog post about it. Thanks for doing that – I’m in the film as an expert on comparative religion and mythology. The pertinent excerpt with me in it can be seen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRRooPQolJ8
Keep up the good work.
I saw the film last night in Tempe. it has an anti Christian slant. i liked the idea of getting people on the street to talk about God. You get to see real people with heartfelt beliefs or non beliefs share whats on their minds. As far as the rest of the movie goes it was a ripoff of zietgiest. Clever idea, bad movie.