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Dearest @martinejoelle,
You asked me to identify the ten films I’d put in a time capsule. I’ve been thinking about it a lot in the weeks since you’ve asked me. As I started to figure out which films those would be, it occurred to me that I was deciding based on the importance of the lessons each carries–the importance for me in my own life, anyway. Sure, I think you can tell something about styles of filmmaking that I like from these picks, but I see them as each representing something different and valuable.
So here they are…
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Whatever the meaning of life is, you can bet that freedom from fear is part of it.
Defending Your Life (1991), dir. Albert Brooks
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Telling the truth and standing up for others isn’t always easy, but you have to do it.
The Insider (1999), dir. Michael Mann
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Make a relationship with impermanence.
Ikiru (1952), dir. Akira Kurosawa
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“Never succumb to the temptation of bitterness.” – The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
4 Little Girls (1997), dir. Spike Lee
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Being a human being involves doing our very best to care for, communicate, and be in community with others.
Le Grand Voyage (2004), dir. Ismaël Ferroukhi
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“Never give up on anyone.” – Atisha
Hoosiers (1986), dir. David Anspaugh
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In the words of Walt Whitman, we’re all of us “large, and contain multitudes.”
The Apostle (1997), dir. Robert Duvall
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“Flee. Be Silent. Pray.” – Abba Arsenius
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter…and Spring (2003), dir. Kim Ki-duk
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Nonviolence is the only way.
Gandhi (1982), dir. Sir Richard Attenborough
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Grace is where it’s at.
The Tree of Life (2011), dir. Terrence Malick
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Love,
Danny
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