Steven Garber - A Hidden Life: The Films of Terrence Malick

‘Can you sing songs shaped by the truest truths of the universe in language the whole world can understand’?

Brent talks with Steven Garber, Senior Fellow for Vocation and the Common Good for the M.J. Murdoch Charitable Trust about ‘A Hidden Life’ (2019) and the films of Terrence Malick.

Steven has recently served as Professor of Marketplace Theology and Director of the Masters in Leadership, Theology, and Society at Regent College, Vancouver.  Steven is the author of many books and for many years was the Principal of the Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation and Culture and he continues to serve as a consultant to colleges and corporations.

• (1:03) What draws Steven into the films of Malick?
• (2:34) Terrence Malick;
• (4:20) Metanarrative and Malick;
• (5:40) ‘A Hidden Life’;
• (9:00) The actors;
• (9:47) The significance of the title;
• (12:10) Franz a Christ like figure;
• (14:00) The Passion of Jesus woven into the movie;
• (15:37) The portrayal of the farming community;
• (17:15) Evil in a community;
• (19:18) The portrayal of the church;
• (21:10) Use of photography in the film;
• (25:32) The role of music in the film.

Links mentioned in this episode:

www.amazon.com/Hidden-Life-Terrence-Malick/dp/B0848VY4B3

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