Saturday, August 07, 2004
The path of the righteous man...
posted by John Davies at 8:07 PM
Saturday night moral dilemmas. The TV channels have put up The Shawshank Redemption against Pulp Fiction this evening. Now I know which one people would expect the vicar to watch - the worthy tale of two men carving out a deep, supportive, and unlikely friendship through tough times. I have seen The Shawshank Redemption before and it is a wonderful story.
But the competition is too great. I admit that my eyes will be on Pulp Fiction (again, again). I love its artistry, its characterisations and bleak humour, and of course its soundtrack, over its violence. It holds within it some small stories of redemption and if Samuel L Jackson's Jules is to be believed, it's also biblical: Ezekiel 25 verse 17 to be precise...
(... which proves nothing except that the scriptures can be pretty dubious texts, and serve some pretty dubious purposes. Is nothing sacred?)
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