The film's philosophical/metaphysical weight rests, to some large extent on its deeply ingrained spirituality. Of course, this aspect has been there from the beginning with the script, but here it is much more up-front. The film charts the paths of each witness (the two pastors were excellent). In the hero's opening line of dialogue he recounts how 'he was world-weary.' In the film, the characters show how much the difference between these two paths influences the personalities of the characters and the lives that they lead.
Because of this, it has a profound religious sense but without trace of piety or sentimentality. And if, like me, religion is not your thing, don't worry, the film's wonders do not require belief to reveal themselves.
Suing the Devil is not a lecture, it's not a sermon: it's an honest battle between the forces of God and the forces of the devil, meshed with inventions and dreams. It's a masterpiece. I don't feel like making technical remarks here, with this lone exception: everybody will talk about the magnificence of the images of God set forth brilliantly by the Pastor Pringle, the ones about the story of the world. I was struck, instead, by the way the lawyers were depicted in this movie: the camera is always at the same level of their eyes and after a while you really feel a kid yourself, a friend of them, a member of the pack, going along with them, one of them, again.
Bravo, to the Director, Producers and Cast.
Because of this, it has a profound religious sense but without trace of piety or sentimentality. And if, like me, religion is not your thing, don't worry, the film's wonders do not require belief to reveal themselves.
Suing the Devil is not a lecture, it's not a sermon: it's an honest battle between the forces of God and the forces of the devil, meshed with inventions and dreams. It's a masterpiece. I don't feel like making technical remarks here, with this lone exception: everybody will talk about the magnificence of the images of God set forth brilliantly by the Pastor Pringle, the ones about the story of the world. I was struck, instead, by the way the lawyers were depicted in this movie: the camera is always at the same level of their eyes and after a while you really feel a kid yourself, a friend of them, a member of the pack, going along with them, one of them, again.
Bravo, to the Director, Producers and Cast.