Walker Percy's Moviegoer w/ Nathan Douglas | Catholic Culture Podcast

Thomas is joined by Catholic filmmaker Nathan Douglas to discuss Walker Percy's first novel, The Moviegoer. They examine the malaise-ridden protagonist Binx Bolling's "search" for meaning, which he ultimately finds through responsibility: not the responsibility urged by respectable "values", but that urged by love.
They also look at how Binx searches for a deeper connection with reality through his moviegoing habits. Percy has some interesting descriptions of his characters finding moments of transcendent beauty in film, given that this novel was written just before the notion of "cinephilia" developed by French critics made its way to the United States.
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Nathan Douglas's short films www.nwdouglas.com
Nathan's film writing www.vocationofcinema.substack.com
Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast www.catholicculture.org/criteria
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[@carolinafine8050]

This channel kicks ass

[@AJKPenguin]

Oddly enough, this is not the first time this week Walker Percy has been mentioned in conversations I've had or listened to.
God may be on the move with Percy.
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[@rainierlecoultre7994]

The Moviegoer has nothing to do with Catholicism and certainly is not a 'Catholic' novel. Nor was he a 'Catholic' novelist, no matter what youtube says about Percy or any of his novels.

[@CatholicCulturePod]

Interesting. Care to elaborate? I've grown less and less impressed with Percy as I've read the rest of his novels since recording this episode. Though I think Moviegoer is his best novel.

[@CatholicCulturePod]

@@kamilziemian995 Yeah, I think I see what you're saying. Still, I can't agree with the commenter above saying outright that "The Moviegoer has nothing to do with Catholicism".