Au Hasard Balthazar - Renegade Cut
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- An analysis of the religious themes in Au Hasard Balthazar as well as lesser Christian films like Left Behind and God's Not Dead. Support Renegade Cut Media through Patreon. / renegadecut
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THANK YOU! I have been trying to explain why I loathe and despise films like War Room, Left Behind, and God's Not Dead to people. Only to have them fire back "What, you an atheist or something?" No, I'm not. I just know pandering, poorly made propaganda when I see it, and I hate it when the movie claims to offer representation to something near and dear to the hearts of millions of people.
Great review. I'm glad you acknowledged that today's ChristianExploitation films are the outliers and not the big picture of who Christians are/can be. One of my favourite films (Babette's Feast) is one I consider Christian because of its themes on service and sacrifice.
I love your channel a lot man!!
good stuff man, i've come back to these film videos over the years
Amazing video, Leon
OMG that poor donky :( I genuinely feel sad and I haven't seen the movie
Anyone feeling sad from this clip will feel even sadder after seeing the film itself. It is a masterpiece, but a troubling one.
+Renegade Cut as a Christian who is more conservative than any of my friends I still see your point about Christian Exploitation films but I wish to add something I've noticed. Christians aren't making genuine comedy films; we aren't willing to laugh at ourselves and as such we grow bitter and that leads to a lot of these Sermon movies. I view Life of Brian as an incredible Christian film despite the creator's belief system just as I view Left Behind and God's Not Dead as poor Christian films but great Satanic films. Turning a religion of love and compassion into an insular political creation with no real awareness of who God is. We can not diagnose if God is alive if we're checking our own pulse.
As both a Christian and a lover of film, I agree with a lot of the points you made in this video about the recent wave of "Christian sploitation" films that have gotten theatrical recognition and how they don't represent the beliefs of the Christian faith properly or positively. In the Book of 1 Kings, when the Prophet Elijah is in hiding, he hears God speak to him in a still, small voice, a whisper, after being shown a great wind, and earthquake, and a fire, all examples of destruction. This is how I believe God's message should be conveyed in film, not as a proclamation of doom for those who don't believe, but an enticing call to learn more.
It makes me wish that there were more films like this one that understand and apply that concept.
This video is the greatest thing!
Very insightful commentary on a great yet perplexing and troubling film. The Christian spirituality suffusing this and most of Bresson's other films is undeniable, but his is a complex and very personal brand of Christianity, or spirituality.
very good analysis
Wow great insightfull video
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Yeah, we're going to have to _extremely_ agree to disagree. These films are exactly representative, at least if we're talking about the USA.
Hence one of the reasons we are in the situation we are in today in the U.S.A.
Very nice. My overall take on all of this is that there is a difference between the moral teachings of Jesus (in the Jewish prophet tradition) in the books of Matthew, Mark and Luke compared with the dogma of absolute fundamentalist belief which either eternally saves if you believe a certain creed or eternally condemns if you don't.
I really loved the movie, but there is one scene that keeps bothering me, that scene being the scene when Jean (I think) breaks a mirror and knocks bottles off of tables at the bar, and no one (except for jean himself) reacts. It's such a huge detail to me that I have no idea how it could have been just an accident, considering the care and effort that was put into the film. Is there any explanation to that one scene that I can find? If so could someone explain it to me?
Symbolically, no idea. To me it was a great atmosphere change (I totally agree, one of the most powerful scenes in the movie). It reminded me of the tipping point between goofy-feel-good-drunkness and reality/realising that the fun you just had wasn't *real*, something that one might experiences after a few too many drinks. In the movie, I felt so happy for Alfredo (?) for getting a second chance, but as soon as Gerard (sorry, not Jean :D) starts his little raging fit, the mood of the scene immediately changes and the reality sets in. And the movie's reality is of course that no one cares about Alfredo (?) or anyone/anything else really. He now might have enough money to start over, but the people are still the same and you can't escape that. Marie's father was apparently pretty successful too, but he was miserable. This heightens the sense of dread in the next scene, when Gerard and his pals send him off to escape something that now seems inescapable. The contrast of the hopelessness of the scene compared to the rowdy fun party few minutes before is what got to me.
(Or atleast that's what I felt watching the scene)
I'd say the scene symbolizes the idea that popular culture (music, dancing) is the same as mindless destruction. Thus the dancers don't notice the destruction because the dancing and destruction are the same.
The blind keep dancing
Great video, I love the way Bresson presents subtext without telling us how to feel about it. Tiny nitpick though, isn't the "Christian atheist" quote uncritically printed? Not that important given what you said about the ambiguity of his views, just seems odd how recognised it is when there's no identifiable credible origin for it.
Still greatly enjoyable to an atheist.
Me and some friends were at a theater the other night and we saw a poster for God's Not Dead 2. All three of us are Christians (one of my friends actually attending seminary) and we all felt ashamed of the current run of Christian films. I like the term Christian Exploitation films, I feel it sums up the situation well. I'll be sure to check this one out, as it looks fascinating.
The whole modern christian film rant can be summed up in regards to american movies in general.
I have never watched these flicks but I instantly knew about what you were talking about because it echoes in another themes aswell the whole lack of nuance phenomenon is quite prevalent in american movies I recommend "Diary of a country Priest" made by Bresson himself as an example of european christian cinema along with "nazareno" from the atheist communist buñuel who made an unintentional christian masterpiece.
quel bazar Balthazar!!!
Does the donkey actually die?
great points. As an atheist I absolutely love a serious man and I believe its message goes far beyond faith and religion. the coens just used the jewish theme in relation to what they grew up around
Now, this is a relatively minor point, but Leon's view that Christian exploitation films are too judgmental. Granted most of this films are incredibly cheesy but the judgmental criticism strikes me as simply nonsensical. In orthodox christian theology Jesus's death is required to pay for the sins of all mankind. Leon accuses the last left behind film as being judgmental for portraying a heroic Muslim being left behind for being a non christian. What would you have them do, change this doctrine because its too non judgmental? Granted this films in terms as working to evangelize could be less ham fisted.
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