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The Role of Intermediaries in Avatar
James Cameron’s Avatar succeeds in its epic storytelling by taking a number of familiar myths and stories and subverting their preordained outcome to create a familiar but new story. These myths and stories include the classic intermediaries of Gandhi, George Steven’s Shane, Prometheus, and Moses. By taking elements from each one of these [...]
Two Journeys: Producer Ralph Winter on the Spiritual Influences in The Book of Eli and Avatar
Recently took in two movies, BOOK OF ELI and AVATAR. One ostensibly religious, the other more vague.
BOOK OF ELI, set in a post-apocalyptic world, shows a hero driven against all odds to fulfill his mission. Not as much of an emotional journey as it could have been, except in approved sound bites that Christians might [...]
