tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post8727087805904213845..comments2024-03-27T18:40:05.920+02:00Comments on TSorensen 1001 movie blog: Diary of a Country Priest (Journal d'un Cure de Campagne) (1951)TSorensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-32141837692533435782014-12-22T10:08:46.136+02:002014-12-22T10:08:46.136+02:00The question is, was the cancer the reason for his...The question is, was the cancer the reason for his diet or was the diet the reason for the cancer? As far as I know, a persistent diet of alcohol may very well cause stomach cancer. In which case he is no holy man, but a fool. TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-49876111688440406902014-12-21T19:14:57.748+02:002014-12-21T19:14:57.748+02:00I saw this several years ago and, like you, all I ...I saw this several years ago and, like you, all I really remember is the diet and the fainting. But even though it makes no sense, I think that bread and wine was all the priest could tolerate on his cancerous stomach. Interestingly, the title character in Ikiru is also practically living on wine at one point. He finds something more interesting to do with his time though. I had kind of a non-reaction to this one.marie_dresslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06334550550983418668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-9281652820313230902014-12-21T09:17:33.689+02:002014-12-21T09:17:33.689+02:00Well, I even missed the influential part... The pr...Well, I even missed the influential part... The priest is an obstacle all on his own. Everything about him is so internalized that he is hardly there, obsessed as he is in his own pain.<br />TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-19685544221637205812014-12-21T00:50:51.355+02:002014-12-21T00:50:51.355+02:00I can see why this film is influential. I just can...I can see why this film is influential. I just can't see a reason to like it very much. I tried--I really did, but it left me cold. A lot of that is the priest character himself, who doesn't seem to do much but listen to people and faint.SJHoneywellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13550007053995112090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-2546650673286590502014-12-21T00:07:42.493+02:002014-12-21T00:07:42.493+02:00Hmmm... yes, that makes some soret of sense. I had...Hmmm... yes, that makes some soret of sense. I had not thought of the blood and flesh connection. So, he is essentially giving himself a continous communion... unfortunately that does not really help me much in understanding the movie. Why does he do that? Is it part of some super-devotional sacrifice? Does he want to be Christ? <br />I read Stranger in a Strange land many years ago, but remembers very little. Not that part at least.<br />But thanks anyway.<br /> TSorensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12208153011927807857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2746502363551524682.post-71481518518686735262014-12-20T23:34:43.241+02:002014-12-20T23:34:43.241+02:00Welcome to the age of cinema where films stopped m...Welcome to the age of cinema where films stopped making sense and your theary is just as good as anyone else's. There are many many more on the list. Thankfully you will not encounter too many for quite some time, though.<br /><br />I saw this about 3-4 years ago and all I remembered at this point was him eating bread and wine and fainting a lot. For what it's worth: bread and wine are the two edibles associated with Jesus that are part of the Catholic religious services. He turned water into wine so priests drink wine during the service and believe it transmutes into the blood of Christ. And he distributed bread at the last supper and told his acolytes that it was his flesh. The wafers that Catholics are given during a service represent that and they believe that they transmute into the flesh of Christ. So yes, the Catholic ceremonies are symblic cannabalism, if you think about it. Robert Heinlein took that to the literal degree in his classic novel Stranger in a Strange Land.Chip Laryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00787403805554027107noreply@blogger.com