Comments on: “There Will Be Blood” and the Depravity of Man http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/ For what is your life? It is even a vapour... Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:10:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ben Brandenburg http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-145 Ben Brandenburg Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:04:00 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-145 No worries. I once was called a "Philistine" because I had not read "The Great Gatsby". Check out this AS speech (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/solzhenitsyn/harvard1978.html). BBB No worries. I once was called a “Philistine” because I had not read “The Great Gatsby”.

Check out this AS speech (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/augustine/arch/solzhenitsyn/harvard1978.html).
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]]> By: davidcrabb http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-144 davidcrabb Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:13:52 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-144 Stephanie and I watched this the other night and had many of the same thoughts. The scene near the end where he is speaking with H.W. is especially poignant. It seems at that point you fully realize the isolation that he has brought on himself through his sin. It was quite a sobering movie. Stephanie and I watched this the other night and had many of the same thoughts. The scene near the end where he is speaking with H.W. is especially poignant. It seems at that point you fully realize the isolation that he has brought on himself through his sin. It was quite a sobering movie.

]]> By: paulmatzko http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-143 paulmatzko Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:14:43 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-143 I betray my literary ignorance. To be completely honest, the only other Russian author I've read is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and "Gulag Archipelago." I betray my literary ignorance. To be completely honest, the only other Russian author I’ve read is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and “Gulag Archipelago.”

]]> By: Ben Brandenburg http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-142 Ben Brandenburg Sat, 26 Apr 2008 21:24:26 +0000 http://paulmatzko.edublogs.org/2008/04/26/there-will-be-blood-and-the-depravity-of-man/#comment-142 A fine review. I agree that Paul Thomas Anderson's deranged masterpiece represents half of the "redemption story." I was hoping that it would beat out "No Country for Old Men" for best pic. While the Coen brothers' "No Country" simply reenacted nihilism, "No Country" demonstrates where that nihilism leads to. PS: Last time I checked, Fyodor Dostoevsky remains perhaps the greatest self-professing Christian writer of all time. A fine review. I agree that Paul Thomas Anderson’s deranged masterpiece represents half of the “redemption story.” I was hoping that it would beat out “No Country for Old Men” for best pic. While the Coen brothers’ “No Country” simply reenacted nihilism, “No Country” demonstrates where that nihilism leads to.

PS: Last time I checked, Fyodor Dostoevsky remains perhaps the greatest self-professing Christian writer of all time.

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