I'm used to nodding my head whenever I read a film review by Ron Reed - one of my favourite film writers and a good friends to boot. So it's no real surprise to find that he shares my appreciation for Mark Dornford-May's
Son of Man. Ron's written about it on his
"Soul Food" blog, but here's a brief excerpt
It's got elements fairly early on that put me on edge, pushing my "uh oh this is heresy" or "darn they're completely humanizing/politicizing the story" buttons. But frankly, I like my Jesus movies that way: otherwise, I'm too sure where they're headed, and I just sit in my theatre seat checking off the Bible stories, nodding at the orthodoxy. This one rattled me enough, and shuffled the story around enough, that I was leaning forward in my seat right through.
I'm not quite sure what he sees as "heresy", found little that way myself, but I certainly share his appreciation for the film (see
my review), and it's definitely it's different-ness that I admire. Any Canadians interested in seeing it (or just anyone near Vancouver) might like to know it is showing there tomorrow as part of the
VIFF.
I'm used to nodding my head whenever I read a film review by Ron Reed - one of my favourite film writers and a good friends to boot. So it's no real surprise to find that he shares my appreciation for Mark Dornford-May's Son of Man. Ron's written about it on his "Soul Food" blog, but here's a brief excerpt
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