Tonight we watched the second half of our half term film, Pleasantville.We then talked about the ways we could see echoes of Christianity in the story.
First, we discussed the references to the fall, with Adam and Eve. In the film, as colour spread people first thought it was ruining Pleasantville. But as the film ended almost everyone, including the God-like TV repairman, seemed happy with how things had turned out. Its a difficult thought, but in our world, might God have intended 'the fall' to happen all along? Perhaps he'd prefer us to have free will and choose to turn to him, rather than not having any choice to believe or not like Adam in the Garden of Eden.
We also thought how the new group of coloured people formed something like a church - a tight community, sticking together despite persecution from the authorities.
A third theme was racism - the grey people, when faced with people different from them, tried to segregate the town, putting up signs saying 'no coloureds'. There were even overtones of Nazi Germany, with the book burning scene. But they eventually realised that the coloured people weren't really different from them at all.
Did you enjoy the film? As always, feel free to blog any other thoughts you might have.
Really enjoyed the film. I think it all gave us something to think about. Sorry guys for not realising I was the policeman. Bad eyesight -- old age you know!!!!
yeh i thought the movie was really good. i didnt have a clue that the "moral" of the story was racism. and please can we play hide and seek again??!! from tom w
Haven't you run out of good hiding places yet?