{"id":23722,"date":"2007-03-10T17:13:00","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T17:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.wordpress.com\/2007\/03\/10\/ready-or-not-biola-here-i-come\/"},"modified":"2013-02-09T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T04:01:00","slug":"ready-or-not-biola-here-i-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2007\/03\/ready-or-not-biola-here-i-come\/","title":{"rendered":"On My Way to Biola"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>My heart belongs to <a href=\"http:\/\/spu.edu\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Pacific University<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 but <a href=\"http:\/\/biola.edu\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Biola University<\/a> is stirring up a lot of passionate discussion about filmmaking. And they\u2019ve invited me to come down and speak at their <a href=\"http:\/\/biolamedia.com\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">2007 Biola Media Conference<\/a>, so how can I refuse?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve decided to bring my \u201cscandalous,\u201d \u201csubversive\u201d \u201cagenda\u201d to L.A. on April 21 to talk about the Christians, art, movies, and criticism. And, frankly, I\u2019m coming for reasons that are partly selfish\u2026 I want to learn more about the experiences of Christians in the arts, and there will be a lot of people there with interesting stories to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Time permitting, I\u2019ll talk about:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>My own journey as a Christian moviegoer and the bad habits I can\u2019t seem to break<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of Milos Forman\u2019s <em>Amadeus<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cChristian movies\u201d and the things that many Christians are too nice to say about them<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of <em>The Story of the Weeping Camel<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cR-rated movies\u201d and the things that many Christians are too offended to say about them<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of <em>Chariots of Fire<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Christian film criticis and the lovely, affectionate letters we receive from our brothers and sisters<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of Michael Apted\u2019s <em>Amazing Grace<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Why <em>The Passion of the Christ <\/em>and <em>The Nativity Story <\/em>didn\u2019t make it into the CT Movies \u201ccream of the crop\u201d lists, but <em>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind <\/em>and <em>Little Miss Sunshine <\/em>did<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of <em>Vera Drake<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Why the best films about Christian faith tend to get made by heathens<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of <em>Three Colors: Blue<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ten great films about faith that most people have never seen<\/li>\n<li>The deep and profound truth of <em>The Muppet Movie<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u2026 and more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other words, I\u2019m a glutton for punishment. But I think we can have some fun with these subjects and encourage each other toward excellence, better moviemaking, and better moviegoing. I\u2019m going to learn a lot, and I\u2019m planning to write about what I learn from the folks at the conference.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re going to be there, let me know, so we can meet and chat. I\u2019ll also be drinking a lot of coffee, signing copies of <em>Through a Screen Darkly<\/em>, writing about the conference for <em>Christianity Today<\/em>, and I\u2019ll be armed and ready to interview folks who are doing good thoughtful work.<\/p>\n<p>(Hopefully, the photo they\u2019ve posted on the speakers page will be repaired soon. I promise you, I don\u2019t look quite so blurry in person.)<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My heart belongs to Seattle Pacific University, \u2026 but Biola University is stirring up a lot of passionate discussion about filmmaking. 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