All Comments for: Modernity's Art Form | Christianity Today

Free Newsletters:

RSS Feeds |

Audio |

Twitter

Home > 2007 > February Movies & TV > Reviews

Christianity Today, February, 2007 Christianity Today, Reviews, movies |

Modernity's Art Form Modernity's Art Form

Through a Screen Darkly is a lush guide to film through Christian eyes.

Review by Eric Miller | posted 2/13/2007 08:55AM

Just in time for the Oscars, Jeffrey Overstreet treats us to a warm, even lush guide to film through Christian eyes. He weaves deft plot description and personal narrative into what he describes as "an ...

Read more...Read more...

[Reader Reviews]

Average User Rating:

Rate and Comment on this article

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 comments.

Page: 1

Show All

Laura

Posted: February 14, 2007 9:55 AM

I'm not qualified to comment on the content of Miller's review or the effectiveness of its style in supporting its purpose. But I can assure anyone who's a little flummoxed by all the big words that Miller is not, in point of fact, a blowhard. I went to Geneva, sat under Miller's teaching for a brief time, and knew many other students who liked him well. A professional critic of history and culture, he wrote as all college professors trained in academic inquiry write, and he probably figures that any "lay" reader with the initiative to read reviews on CT.com can also extend himself to pick up a dictionary. A dictionary--imagine that.

Ron C

Posted: February 14, 2007 7:23 AM


May I suggest that if a person does not understand the substance of the writing, that person may want to refrain from rating the content of the article. A comment to the editor about the form would be appropriate, but publicly rating an article that one admittedly does not grasp would seem to be...disingenuous. (Sorry, I couldn't think of any $0.50 words that fit my meaning).

R	Posted: February 13, 2007 10:25 PM


Films and movies have already viewed as postmodern product, but the author held a relatively narrow view towards film.

Ronald Steury

Posted: February 13, 2007 8:52 PM

Ok, I am "only" a physician who has had 10 years of higher education. I also love words and reading, along with film. So maybe that is why I became entirely lost among the dozens of "five dollar words" being slung about in the last two paragraphs of Prof. Miller's review. Is not the purpose of writing to communicate? Perhaps Prof. Miller has lost sight of that???? Oh well, I am buying Mr. Overstreet's book anyway. I just hope Jeffrey has the ability to write AND COMMUNICATE ideas in a little more straight forward fashion for we of lesser intellect. (Actually, from having read his reviews for several years, I know he can and will.)

Page: 1

E-mail this page

Write CT

Print this article

Post a comment

sponsors

[Browse More Christianity Today]

Reader Reviews are below

Subscribe to Christianity Today and get 3 free trial issues. No credit card required.

Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery. Offer valid in U.S. only.

If you decide you want to keep Christianity Today coming, honor your invoice for just $19.95 and receive nine more issues, a full year in all. If not, simply write "cancel" across the invoice and return it. The three trial issues are yours to keep, regardless.

Click here for international orders

2-for-1 Gifts!