{"id":2977,"date":"2007-12-03T22:05:28","date_gmt":"2007-12-04T03:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2007\/12\/03\/new-lie-cinema\/"},"modified":"2007-12-03T22:05:28","modified_gmt":"2007-12-04T03:05:28","slug":"new-lie-cinema","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2007\/12\/new-lie-cinema\/","title":{"rendered":"New Lie Cinema"},"content":{"rendered":"

A reader sent me a sample of how New Line Cinema is deceptively using a review from the USSCB’s Office for Film & Broadcasting.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

First it is dishonest to say that it is the USSCB that said this, but that is the least of the problem.<\/p>\n

The part they put in quotes does not actually exist in the review. They have cobbled it together from two different sections of the review.<\/p>\n

Whatever author Pullman’s putative motives in writing the story, writer-director Chris Weitz’s film, taken purely on its own cinematic terms, can be viewed as an exciting adventure story<\/strong> with, at its core, a traditional struggle between good and evil, and a generalized rejection of authoritarianism.<\/p>\n

and<\/p>\n

To the extent, moreover, that Lyra and her allies are taking a stand on behalf of free will in opposition to the coercive force of the Magisterium, they are of course acting entirely in harmony with Catholic teaching<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

They didn’t even do a Maureen Down and put in ellipses.<\/p>\n

I sent off some emails to New Line Cinema’s Press Contacts<\/a>, though I doubt if I will get a reply.<\/p>\n

Though I also do wonder how non-Catholics might see the endorsement and if if it a negative in their case?<\/p>\n

Update: New Line Cinema emailed me back with this reply “We have been alerted yesterday about this matter and we have changed the text — it takes 24 hours for the online change and it will happen sometime today –.” So if anybody sees the new text of the ad let me know what it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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