It's
"Max von Sydow", and the movie is one of my all-time favorites, Woody Allen's
"Hannah and Her Sisters". IMHO, the scene is utterly brilliant. Though von
Sydow's character spends most of the scene raving about the horrors of
television and televangelists, the scene is not about that at all.
It's about a particular kind of relationship in which a young woman is
taken with a much older man because of his art and intellect, but doesn't
anticipate the effect his cynicism will eventually have on her (it strikes her
as wise at the beginning, but as just depressingly cynical later on).
It's
kind of self-indulgent of me to do so, but I show this movie to my lifespan
development classes to spark a discussion of the later stages in Erikson's
theory (okay, I actually show it to give myself a break, and because I really
enjoy watching and talking about the movie...<grin>).
Paul
Smith
Alverno College
Milwaukee
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From: Richard Pisacreta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 4:22 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: seduced by science (while praying for a wee one)Professor, Psychology, Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI 49307 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]I saw a movie a long ago with Max VonSidow (sic). He turns on his tv once a year to see if anything has changed. He says (one of my favorite movie lines), "If Jesus Christ came back and saw all the things being said or done in his name, He would never stop puking."
That, for me, is an excellent summation of my problem with organized religions, and I am not an athiest.
Rip Pisacreta, Ph.D.
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