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Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-02-21 04:27:13 +0000

Jesus Camp

Excellent <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0486358/">Documentary</a>.
95% of the film deals with the Jesus Camp families with very little outside commentary. The three main kids brim with emotion, and I felt like I really got to know them and their parents. The lead Evangelist (Becky Fischer?) of Jesus Camp is a phenominal speaker and has several good lines. The Haggart stuff in Colorado is OK, but not nearly as entertaining (nor as scary) as the Army for Life and God's Warrior bits.

The soundtrack was too eerie, but filled up some dead space nicely. Sublime editing and no naration, always a plus for me in docs.
I hope it wins the Oscar.
(A-)
Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-08 15:21:54 +0000
Did you notice that the mega-church pastor is the one who was caught a few months back with a long-standing relationship with a male prostitute/masseuse?

PS I love that movie. Could hardly speak when the credits started to roll. Also couldn't tell whether the other people in the audience came to see it too see their friends in the film or to view it as an outsider, like myself.
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-02-08 16:53:58 +0000
That was Haggard, the mega church pastor. It was interesting to see him joke around with his enormous audience. That and the fact he is as gay as Christmas.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-02-08 16:58:13 +0000
Makes you wonder what's really driving most of the people in the movie to do and say the things they do and say. I think there are a lot of hidden agendas and buried secrets.
Posted by tgl on 2007-02-08 17:27:36 +0000
It says something that the director of the Jesus Camp, after viewing the finished the documentary I believe, felt it would work as a good recruiting tool for her program. Global jihad, here we come.
Posted by MF DU on 2007-02-08 17:35:50 +0000
Are you feeling better today, TGL?

Posted by tgl on 2007-02-08 18:49:17 +0000
I prayed to Jesus last night and my fever went away, but left me with a sinus infection (or similar).
Posted by ConorClockwise on 2007-07-09 12:24:25 +0000
Last week, I went to dinner my friends Ned and Jenny who introduced me to the the 'Jesus Camp' filmmaker Heidi Ewing, and they said that the camp in 'Jesus Camp' has closed down this summer.
I'm glad in a way, but I know that that wasn't Heidi's intention.
Posted by Miriam on 2007-07-09 15:29:02 +0000
Not to worry, the Army of God is in full swing at the Baptist church on my way to work. They had a sign with a camo background advertising the camp.
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