The users of the Arts and Faith site have worked up a list of the 100 Most Spiritually Significant films. It looks interesting, though I spot right away some odd omissions (where’s Wings of Desire, the Wim Wenders original version? I’m not certain what to think of it, but I’d think it beats some they’ve included) and inclusions (I haven’t seen Prince of Egypt, but really, is it that good?), but on the whole I was impressed by its balance and variety. They’ve included many foreign films, a number that don’t by any means articulate straight-ahead Christian faith, and mountains that I haven’t seen.
Time to look at my Netflix queue.
Posted by AKMA at June 30, 2004 03:19 PM | TrackBack"Wings of Desire" is on there, but it's listed under its German title "Der Himmel über Berlin" (the sky over Berlin).
No, "the Prince of Egypt" is not that good. At all.
Posted by: dave at June 30, 2004 04:38 PMAh — I figured the key word was “wings,” and since I saw neither that nor ”Flügeln,” that it wasn’t there. The list isn’t laid out particularly well. . . .
Posted by: AKMA at June 30, 2004 05:06 PMI would have been with you on WoD, but then I noticed it too. I'm surprised that while Last Days of Disco made it (one of my favorites) Barcelona did not.
It does look like a good list, and I hope to see some of these.
Posted by: Paul Baxter at July 1, 2004 09:37 AMMay I highly recommend Doug Cummings website www.filmjourney.org as well as Darren Hughes www.longpauses.com/blog for insightful films and excellent commentary. Doug writes for us so I am bias but I think you would enjoy it.
Karen
Posted by: Karen at July 2, 2004 09:47 PMThanks for the great input folks -- I'm one of the moderators on the site that put the list together.
I will shortly be publishing an English-language index for the list to make finding "Wings..." and other films easier.
Posted by: Alan Thomas at July 8, 2004 08:37 PM