On Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D.: A Movie Review Â
By John LobellÂ
While 2001: A Space Odyssey can be regarded as the origin of the modern visionary movie, The Matrix is the origin of the contemporary “luminous transcendent” movie. It is a genre that freaks out the critics, with its deaths and resurrections, virgin births, and suggestions that human beings are capable of manifesting something beyond their material existence. The critics fear archaic Christianity sneaking back into our culture (recall the critical snickering at this aspect of The Matrix, and the total freakout that a lion could come back to life in The Chronicles of Narnia). But with even a little bit of mythological awareness, the critics would know that these themes predate Christianity by thousands of years and are present in just about every tradition, literate or otherwise. Read the rest of this entry »
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