The Stories We Tell: How Tv and Movies Long For and Echo the Truth

It takes Cosper a little to get warmed up but, once he starts addressing movies, the book is thoroughly engaging. . . especially if you like watching movies. \\r\\n\\r\\nCosper's thesis; the stories we read in books and see in movies have greater truth within them and """"echo"""" a familiar cry as that which comes from the bible's trajectory of creation, fall, redemption and consummation. \\r\\n\\r\\nWith that framework Cosper looks at movies through Christian eyes discussing the Creation motif in movies with a sense of longing for home. Fall a sense of paradise lost. \\r\\nPulp fiction with a heading of Redemptive violence. Ending with a chapter on our internal longing for something greater. \\r\\n\\r\\nCosper spends a lengthy part of the book examining the cult TV series Mad Men. Personally I haven't watched Mad Men and yet Cosper's engaging writing methods gives enough detail to keep you intrigued, but also guiding the reader with enough detail to grasp his point (Would it be worth watching the TV series before hand - i would say yes, but not necessary). \\r\\n\\r\\nThere is much to recommend and more that can be discussed in this short read, such as Cosper's use of """"The Big Lebowski"""" to point to a Messianic figure and seeing superheroes as a metaphor for a saviour the world desperately needs. 4. 75\\r\\n