6.9 Movie Night

Face in Hat

Settle in for Movie Night! Aaron and Eric each picked movies that they argued had LDS or interesting religious themes. Do you agree or have other picks? Let us know on discord!

Link to our Face in Hat discord server!

https://discord.gg/MnSMvKHvwh

YouTube channel! Thanks Eric!

https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat

https://www.youtube.com/@FaceinHat/playlists

Dialogue Podcast Network

https://www.dialoguejournal.com/podcasts/

The Religious Affiliation of Director George Lucas

https://web.archive.org/web/20050612235541/http://www.adherents.com/people/pl/George_Lucas.html

But hey, there is an LDS connection to George Lucas! From the article:

“Lucas eventually came to state that his religion was "Buddhist Methodist." Gary Kurtz, a Latter-day Saint who had studied Comparative Religion extensively in college and on his own, was pivotal in introducing Lucas to Eastern religions (particularly Buddhism) and Native American religion, and discussing with Lucas how best to improve "Star Wars" by giving it a believable but sufficiently universal religious underpinning. Kurtz was the producer of "Star Wars" and "The Empire Strikes Back" and also did some work on the "Star Wars" screenplay.”

Linked to from his wiki:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas#Personal_life

Contact (1997 American film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_(1997_American_film)

https://www.amazon.com/Contact-Jodie-Foster/dp/B001AH6ZWY

Hercules (1997 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hercules_(1997_film)

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ae19dd2f-a945-442b-a18e-d57fa8f5091f

Eastern Orthodox and Divinization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divinization_(Christian)#Eastern_Orthodox

Relevant older Face in Hat episode, “5.2 Divinization and Deity”:

https://faceinhat.podbean.com/e/52-divinization-and-deity/

The Tree of Life (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B005UKJX4E

“Rituals themselves are actually very boring. They go on and on, beyond your secular tolerance” (The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_of_Myth

https://www.amazon.com/Power-Myth-Joseph-Campbell/dp/0385418868

Quoted in Why Myth?, by John Bonaduce

https://www.jcf.org/post/why-myth

Aphasia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphasia

Aphantasia (includes the apple chart for degree of mental visualization)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aphantasia

Eric may have been referring to this podcast: “The human brain is hardwired to recognize faces. But what if you can't?”, by Emily Kwong, Rachel Carlson, and Rebecca Ramirez

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/26/1198910315/face-blindness-prosopagnosia-memory-aphantasia-sight-imagination

Fred Rogers Acceptance Speech - 1997, The Emmy Awards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upm9LnuCBUM

Wreck-it Ralph 1 and 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wreck-It_Ralph

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-0cde80b0-5085-447b-b65e-c81a713a90f0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Breaks_the_Internet

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-4f2c48ef-b3f9-4422-9feb-011a17ff2afb

The Official Disney Princess Rules, Explained, by Micaela Pérez Vitale and Samuel Cormier

https://movieweb.com/official-disney-princess-rules/

Navigating Mental Health Comedy with Conservative Parents, Taylor Tomlinson

https://www.tiktok.com/@taylortomlinsoncomedy/video/7288425135990770990

Shanghai Express (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_Express_(film)

Coco (2017 film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_(2017_film)

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-ce1ccdca-f468-4960-b67c-026b01ba42ab

Angels and Seerstones: A Latter Day Saint Folklore Podcast, by Christopher James Blythe and Christine Elyse Blythe

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/angels-and-seerstones-a-latter-day-saint-folklore-podcast/id1693940296

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (film)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Princess_Kaguya_(film)

https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Princess-Kaguya-English-Language/dp/B0817R94P8

The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tale_of_the_Bamboo_Cutter

American Zion: A New History of Mormonism, by Benjamin E. Park

https://www.amazon.com/American-Zion-New-History-Mormonism/dp/1631498657