A Man for all Seasons.

For Greater Glory, which came out last year.

Homework has gotten real easy since my day.

Quote from: Pelly

I have to watch a movie and write a critique of it as a part of my homework. Can you recommend me movies? And be quick as the deadline is tomorrow.

Catholics the movie. Watch online for free.
http://en.gloria.tv/?media=4874

Set in an island off the coast of Ireland, a young priest from the Vatican travels to a monastery which refuses to stop saying mass in Latin. He brings orders with him to stop the monastery from this practice at all costs. The drama that ensues sees him win an alliance with the monastery's abbot with which to overcome all of the resentment of the monks who value their traditions. Starring Martin Sheen and Trevor howard.

Even better.  A true tragedy.

Homework has gotten real easy since my day.

I thought the same thing.  Just write a critique of "a movie"?  That's it?  That's the assignment?

Also "be quick because the homework is due tomorrow'!!!!  
Nothing like leaving things, no matter how simple, till the very last minute.  But really, he could write just about anything, turn it in & most likely it will only be glanced at & if it's a Catholic movie - even a recent one like For Greater Glory, the teacher wouldn't even have seen the movie, so he'll get a good grade.  

Song of Bernadette

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I know, it's too late, but I'd recommend "PADRE PIO:  MIRACLE MAN" by Italian film maker Carlo Carlei, and starring Sergio Castellitto as Padre Pio.  

Get the Italian Edition with your language in subtitles, because the sound effects in the original Italian are half the show.  The foreign language versions don't retain all the excellent orchestra background and other sound tracks, plus, the tone of voice in the original actors is stellar, whereas the dubbed-in voices do not match the original in quality.  I know they have English, but I'm not sure about other languages.  

This was a movie made for TV that went worldwide, and it's really too bad it wasn't released as a major motion picture, because if it had been, perhaps it could have been a very successful one, since Padre Pio has a worldwide following.  Also, it broke all Italian records for TV viewed movies in A.D. 2000. (See quote, below)

I met Mr. Carlei in Hollywood, for he was there to speak to the audience at THE ONLY screening of his movie that was allowed in the continental USA.  

The crowd arrived on time, but the doors did not open until about 20 minutes late.  Even then, when we took our seats in the theater, we had to wait some more.  Mr. Carlei came in and stood before us on the "stage" before the big screen, and used a microphone to speak to us, during which time he told us about the making of this film, and how their equipment on the set was always breaking down.  There was never found any reason for it to not work.  And the technicians were very frustrated, because the equipment was not old or unreliable.  

Well, we were having the same problem at the "only screening" too.  He said that the two modern projectors in this theater had never been inoperable, and their maintenance record is perfect.  The engineers from the projector company were there, troubleshooting all the systems, and they say that each and every component checks out fine, and there is no reason that the system as a whole would not work, but the fact is, it doesn't.  So he had a few minutes to talk to us about working with the actors, and all the very odd things that went on during filming.  His speech was very impressive, and I wish that he had had it filmed, but you know, the cameras probably would not have worked!  

He said that on the set, they had often resorted to prayer, and that made a difference.  He said that before he made this movie he was not a religious man, but he was having a change of heart.  He asked us to take a moment right now, and to ask Padre Pio to intercede for us to make these projectors working.  He said that he knows that some of us in the audience might not be accustomed to prayer, but if we could all just take a moment of silence to ask our patron here, to help us out, maybe it will be for our benefit.  He said when they had done this on the movie set, usually, the equipment would suddenly start working normally.  

So everyone took a moment in silence, and I know that a lot of us were praying to the same God that Padre Pio did, because I could see by their religious habits that 2 out of 10 in the audience were traditional nuns.  

Source:  http://www.linkedin.com/pub/carlo-carlei/20/302/5b4

2000: Writes and directs “PADRE PIO: MIRACLE MAN”. This critically acclaimed film originally aired on the Italian Network Canale 5 as a four hours mini-series and broke all the rating records in the history of Italian television.

Once we had our "moment of silence" and the audience was surprisingly well-behaved (I had been accustomed to seeing Hollywood crowds such as the ones that went to see the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" throwing toast and various other things into the air at key moments) Mr. Carlei thanked us and started to talk again, to entertain us, while we waited.  Suddenly, the projectors were fine, and the lights went down, and we saw the movie.  

I think it was the best movie I've ever seen.

When the movie was over, and we walked out of the theater, there was an angry crowd outside, who had assembled to see the next scheduled film, one of a different description (not Padre Pio's movie).  We had to fairly run the gauntlet of their angry stares and rude remarks, as they were blaming us for having occupied the theater beyond our time slot, making them LATE.  

We all had the sensation that we were sharing in Our Lord's Way of the Cross, just by trying to get out of the theater.


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