Are you interested in films with a spiritual message? Check out the spiritfilm@yahoogroups.com list. To quote from the home page, Spirit Film covers mainstream and independent films with spiritual themes such as redemption, transformation (such as rites of passage) and what Joseph Campbell calls, "the world behind this world." "Spiritual" does not necessarily mean "religious," although religious films such as Scorcese's The Last Temptation Of Christ are certainly part of the spirit film genre. Still, the main focus of the list is on films such as Abel Ferrera's Bad Lieutenant (which deals with redemption), David Mamet's The Edge (forgiveness) and Lars Von Trier's Breaking The Waves (faith and miracles). These films may also be termed "spiritual entertainment," "mystical movies" or "spiritual cinema."

These "spiritually challenging" films explore the dark side of spirituality, the struggle between, say, faith and doubt, or forgiveness and vengeance. More to the point, they deal with these issues in provocative, often unsettling ways (Breaking The Waves breaks my Christian friends into two camps, those who hate the film and those who love it).

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Questions? Criticism? Suggestions? Please e-mail me at: paul@bloodandrosesfilm.com

Paul D. Schneider is a writer/director/producer living in Los Angeles and can be reached via email at: paul@bloodandrosesfilm.com

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