Movies Are Prayers - by Josh Larsen (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Movies do more than tell a good story. <em>Filmspotting</em> co-host Josh Larsen brings a critic's unique perspective to how movies can act as prayers--expressing lament, praise, joy, confession, and more. When words fail, the perfect film might be just what you need to jump-start your conversations with the Almighty.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p> <strong>Movies are our way of telling God what we think about this world and our place in it. . . . Movies can be many things: escapist experiences, historical artifacts, business ventures, and artistic expressions, to name a few. I'd like to suggest that they can also be prayers.</strong> Movies do more than tell a good story. They are expressions of raw emotion, naked vulnerability, and unbridled rage. They often function in the same way as prayers, communicating our deepest longings and joys to a God who hears each and every one. In this captivating book, <em>Filmspotting</em> co-host Josh Larsen brings a critic's unique perspective to how movies function as expressions to God of lament, praise, joy, confession, and more. His clear expertise and passion for the art of film, along with his thoughtful reflections on the nature of prayer, will bring you a better understanding of both. God's omnipresence means that you can find him whether you're sitting on your sofa at home or in the seats at the theater. You can talk to him wherever movies are shown. And when words fail, the perfect film might be just what you need to jump-start your conversations with the Almighty.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p><em>Movies are Prayers</em> is a solid encapsulation of the changing tides in faith-based cultural criticism right now, reflecting a desire for engagement over isolation. It eloquently expresses the deep emotional associations that, for some of us, make both the church and the movie house sacred spaces, recognizing that sometimes popular culture expresses our deepest feelings better than we can ourselves. I wish this book had been around years ago--maybe then I wouldn't have taken so long to watch <em>The Last Temptation of Christ</em>.</p>--Sojourners, September/October 2017<br><br><p><em>Movies Are Prayers</em> is a delightful and important book that shows a particular way in which we can encounter God prayerfully in our daily lives. Although Larsen's focus here is on film, the language of prayer he introduces could easily translate to any other medium. Considering the ways in which watching movies can be a form of prayers stirs the imagination about the possibilities of what it could mean to live a life full of prayer or, in the words of the Apostle Paul, to pray without ceasing.</p>--C. Christopher Smith, Relevant 2017 Summer Reading Guide, May-June 2017<br><br><p>As he concludes, Josh Larson uses the film <em>Rushmore</em> by Wes Anderson to represent one work that follows the entire trajectory of the creation-fall-redemption-restoration arc and masterfully weaves his way through the different types of prayer on its journey. He encourages viewers to listen to each film's prayer carefully before adding their own words, and suggests that while we watch movies we should recognize that we are 'privileged eavesdroppers on a dialogue between God and the creative beings He has made.'</p>--Danny Wright, Englewood Review of Books, Eastertide 2017<br><br><p>Larsen is careful not to miscast particular filmmakers as deliberately setting out to create prayers. But by focusing on how films voice the deepest human longings, he makes a compelling case that movies are prayer-like for their creators--and for audience members who resonate with what they see on the screen. And so he compels us to approach movies and our fellow filmgoers humbly, with an eye and an ear toward those longings. I'll happily add my 'Amen.'</p>--Elijah Davidson, Christianity Today, July/August 2017<br><br><p>Whether you are more interested in prayer or movies, this book will inspire you to enhance your experience of both subjects.</p>--Kristy Quist, Banner, June 22, 2017<br>
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