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Jeffrey Overstreet is a spiritual bloodhound, rabidly tracking the voice of God through his own experience of the history of cinema. In Through a Screen Darkly, he leads the way for all of us, demonstrating how we can look closer and experience the divine invasion of film for ourselves.
Scott Derrickson
Writer and Director, The Exorcism of Emily Rose
Jeffrey Overstreet has taught me a great deal not just about how to watch movies, but also how to glean truth, beauty and redemption from films of all typeseven those that arent necessarily comfortable to watch. I am learning the art of looking closer, and this book takes that artand that educationto even deeper, and thus more rewarding, levels.
Mark Moring
Editor, ChristianityTodayMovies.com
Jeffrey Overstreet is a witness. While habituating the dark caves of movie theaters, he gives articulate witness to what I too often miss in those cavesthe contours of Gods creation and the language of Christs salvation. In these theaters, assumed by many to be unholy temples in a wasteland of secularism, he writes what he sees and hears. I find him a delightful and most percipient companiona faithful Christian witness.
Eugene H. Peterson
Professor Emeritus of Spiritual Theology, Regent College
God the Maker made us to be makers as well. That is why, as Chesterton said, Art is the signature of man. Filmmaking is an art form that is the unique invention of the twentieth century. Nothing quite like it had ever existed before, and through it, millions have had powerful, even profoundly spiritual, experiences. Jeffrey Overstreet is a guide eminently qualified to show us how to see the way in which films both illumine the terrain of the human spirit and probe the eternal mysteries of God.
Mark Shea
Senior Content Editor, CatholicExchange.com
Jeffrey Overstreet understands the art of understanding art and believes it is too important a task to leave to the experts. Through a Screen Darkly is a trustworthy guide as you sort through the enriching, exhilarating, messy, dangerous and important business of loving God and film.
Dick Staub
Author, Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters and The Culturally Savvy Christian
Through a Screen Darkly constitutes a milestone in Christian reflection about contemporary film. This is not simply because it is full of insightful analysis and a generous, open spirit, but because its vision grows out of a passionate, personal journey. This is film criticism with a soul and a sense of urgency growing out of the conviction that faith and the imagination need one anotherthe better to open our eyes to the flickering of Gods grace.
Greg Wolfe
Publisher and Editor, Image
Author, Intruding Upon the Timeless: Meditations on Art, Faith and Mystery
2007 Jeffrey Overstreet
Published by Baker Books
a division of Baker Publishing Group
P.O. Box 6287, Grand Rapids, MI 49516-6287
www.bakerbooks.com
Baker Books edition published 2014
ISBN 978-1-4412-2428-6
Previously published by Regal Books
Ebook edition originally created 2011
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress, Washington, DC.
All Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan Publishing House. All rights reserved.
By means of all created things, without exception, the divine assails us, penetrates us and molds us. We imagined it as distant and inaccessible, whereas in fact we live steeped in its burning layers.
T EILHARD DE C HARDIN , T HE D IVINE M ILIEU
The world speaks of the holy in the only language it knows, which is a worldly language.
F REDERICK B UECHNER, A R OOM TO R EMEMBER
T HIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO
My parents, Larry and Lois, who taught me that
you can never read too many stories;
Michael Demkowicz, the educator and photographer
who showed me that things mean things;
Linda Wagner, the guardian angel over my journeys
in the territory of arts and faith; and
Uncle Paul, who first took me to see
Star Wars in 1977.
Many people have inspired me with their art and have contributed their time, wisdom and editing to make this book a reality. I owe them my gratitude. To name a few:
- My beloved Anne, for her patience during the madness and her sharp editors eye;
- Don Pape and Lee Hough, my agents at Alive Communications, for their affirmation and amazing work;
- Marsha Marks, who literally dropped out of the sky to answer my prayers;
- Alex Field and everyone at Regal Books, for inviting me to share;
- Mike Demkowicz, Brian Friesen and Margaret Smith, who volunteered hours of reading, volumes of insight, long telephone discussions and meticulous corrections;
- Fritz Liedtke, Danny Walter and Wayne Proctor, who critiqued first drafts;
- Ted Olsen, Mark Moring and Steve Lansingh at Christianity Today;
- Greg Wolfe and Image journal;
- Scott Derrickson and Ralph Winter;
- Jonathan Bock and Ted Gartner at Grace Hill Media;
- My teachers, Luke Reinsma and Rose Reynoldson; my supervisor, Jennifer Gilnett; and my patient coworkers at Seattle Pacific University;
- Promontory Artists Association, for laying the foundation;
- Critics Steven Greydanus, Peter Chattaway, Doug Cummings, Alan Thomas and the artsandfaith.com gang;
- The Milton Center Workshop, for helping to keep my instruments in tune;
- Luci Shaw and John Hoyte, for their generous hospitality;
- Nathan and Sarah Partain, Will Uppinghouse, Henrik Lind, and Pastor Michael Kelly, for prayer and encouragement;
- And, finally, the artists whose work lit my way: Wim Wenders, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Terrence Malick, J.R.R. Tolkien, Madeleine LEngle, C. S. Lewis, Sam Phillips, Over the Rhine, and U2, to name just a few.
You didnt like it? Why not? That movie changed my life!
How can you call that piece of trash your favorite movie of the year?
Over the last decade of writing film reviews for magazines such as Christianity Today and websites such as LookingCloser.org, Ive received all kinds of questions, some of them charged with emotion: How can I know if a movie is safe for my children? Arent you taking this too seriously? Isnt it just entertainment? American Beauty is the best movie everso how can you say that its flawed? How could you recommend something that moves as slowly as The New World? It bored me to tears. Many of these questions require more than short answers, more than an argument.
Movies inspire passionate feelings. And those feelings, once expressed, can inspire strong bonds between us or cause us to clash. As I sort through my e-mail and talk with moviegoers at work, church or film festivals, I find that once we get past these initial emotional responses and begin to explore our shared experiences and differing interpretations, we can learn a great deal about each other and ourselves.
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