I saw two great movies this weekend My Son the Fanatic and Elmer Gantry

[bleedingheart]

My Son the Fanatic was about a Pakastani cab driver in England who works all his life to give his son a great life. His son ends up forsaking "western" culture and becomes a devout muslim....the movie deals with the father's struggle to deal with this...

The most heart rendering part of the movie for me was when the father sat down to eat breakfast and his wife wouldn't sit at the table anymore...she stayed in the kitchen out of sight to make her son happy....

Elmer Gantry...classic with Burt Lancaster. About Revivalism....a down on his luck salesman helps a tent rival group reach its pinnacle...but he is vices come back to haunt him....
The movie showed that everyone is human... everyone makes mistakes and the volatility of religious fervor...

[Minstrel Boy]

1. a great double bill study of fundamentalism

and hypocricy.

Plus, Rachel Griffiths. mmmm. :)

[bleedingheart]

3. Your right!

Elmer Gantry had a warning before it played ..it was an apology about how the movie wasn't meant to offend people with religous beliefs...I thought that was odd.

[impeach the gop]

2. Burt Lancaster

One of my top 10 favorites or "real movie stars"

[bleedingheart]

4. it was a good movie.. I never read the book

but his character was more complex than I would have expected.

[Faygo Kid]

5. Truly a great. Fred MacMurray?

Burt Lancaster is one of my all-time favorites. This past week, I watched (again) "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Apartment." How great was Fred MacMurray in his roles in those movies? Very much underrated.

[SpaceCatMeetsMars]

7. Have you seen "Double Indemnity?"

A film noir that he is great in, as well, along with Barbara Stanwyk and Edward G. Robinson.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. If you like My Son The Fanatic, check out The Buddha of Suburbia

Same writer, Hanif Kureshi - he's a genius.