Holiday movies you watch every year
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I've seen so many of these Kubrick films and it was interesting to rewatch this one knowing all these links to the elites and conspiracy theories.
My first watch I found the masked sex cult thing a joke and I thought it was Kubrick being playful and experimental.
I had no idea that perhaps he was trying to say something deeper about the way things are.
People say that 20 minutes were cut out from the final version he showed literally days before his death, which adds to the mystery that perhaps his ultimate message has not been revealed. Even so, we get plenty of hints here.
One thing I thought watching this was how enjoyable it was to see Tom Cruise in a dramatic role rather than as an action hero. It does seem this movie made him never want to act for anyone else ever again, which is understandable since it is reported he had to do around 100 takes of things like walking through a door.
I would like to see Cruise working with the last remaining auteur filmmakers in his old age because I think he has a lot to offer in these sorts of roles.
Caduceus
Heritage
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This has mentioned in this thread last year, but I thought it would be nice to have a short summary of the Christian symbolism in "Home Alone"
Stigmata wounds on both sides of the same hand of saint/holy man who provides protection and guidance
Healing of stigmata and reconciliation/forgiveness
Christian cross in background
Christian cross over his shoulder on right (Out of focus)...(Last shot of the film he runs upstairs and you just see the cross still out of focus)
Prayer before battle with robbers provides miraculous divine protection from being harmed (Household was apparently atheist before this)
Sanctuary and protection from harm in church (one the robbers is played by a jewish actor)
Guardian angel or Holy Ghost in background (yellow) appears at crucial moment to prevent loss of soul to the devil (Watch how actor John Candy reacts horrified at the moment she mentions the idea of selling her soul)
There's probably more, but that's all I could think of now...
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This has mentioned in this thread last year, but I thought it would be nice to have a short summary of the Christian symbolism in "Home Alone"
Stigmata wounds on both sides of the same hand of saint/holy man who provides protection and guidance
Healing of stigmata and reconciliation/forgiveness
Christian cross in background
Christian cross over his shoulder on right (Out of focus)...(Last shot of the film he runs upstairs and you just see the cross still out of focus)
Prayer before battle with robbers provides miraculous divine protection from being harmed (Household was apparently atheist before this)
Sanctuary and protection from harm in church (one the robbers is played by a jewish actor)
Guardian angel or Holy Ghost in background (yellow) appears at crucial moment to prevent loss of soul to the devil (Watch how actor John Candy reacts horrified at the moment she mentions the idea of selling her soul)
There's probably more, but that's all I could think of now...
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The movie is about a WASP getting robbed by a Jew and an Italian. Hilarious. Both Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern are legendary.
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This has mentioned in this thread last year, but I thought it would be nice to have a short summary of the Christian symbolism in "Home Alone"
Stigmata wounds on both sides of the same hand of saint/holy man who provides protection and guidance
Healing of stigmata and reconciliation/forgiveness
Christian cross in background
Christian cross over his shoulder on right (Out of focus)...(Last shot of the film he runs upstairs and you just see the cross still out of focus)
Prayer before battle with robbers provides miraculous divine protection from being harmed (Household was apparently atheist before this)
Sanctuary and protection from harm in church (one the robbers is played by a jewish actor)
Guardian angel or Holy Ghost in background (yellow) appears at crucial moment to prevent loss of soul to the devil (Watch how actor John Candy reacts horrified at the moment she mentions the idea of selling her soul)
There's probably more, but that's all I could think of now...
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I finally saw this film for the first time over Christmas. I appreciated the Biblical imagery and thought it was a cute movie. However, I think it suffers deeply when we are away from the kid dealing with the robbers as there is no humor, character growth, or anything really redeeming when the camera is on the family.