Originally published at: Apocalyptic comedy DOGMA is finally coming out of the vault - Boing Boing
…
10 Likes
Technically her character was the last descendant of Mary and Joseph, Jesus was her great-great-[etc] uncle. Fun movie! One of George Carlin’s last great performances.
20 Likes
There’s only one appropriate reaction to the re-release.
37 Likes
Wasn’t God non-binary or bigender, and weren’t they were the homeless man in a coma in the film as well?
17 Likes
I can’t remember the details — it’s been a while — but I do remember who played God, or at least an avatar of God.
It’s a good movie, with a serious core, not just a comedy. I didn’t know it had gone away, but I’ll try and catch it if it comes back. Roger Ebert had a good review of it.
9 Likes
Serendipity confidently states that God is a woman about halfway through the film, but then one of the last bits of dialogue in the movie was Rufus stating “She’s not really a woman. She’s not really anything.” So I guess it’s either/or/and/none-of-the-above, as is the perogative of an all-powerful supreme being.
16 Likes
Here is the entire movie as a youtube video, if you are interested.
15 Likes
Dogma I think really is Kevin Smith’s best all around film. It has been awhile since I’ve seen it!
9 Likes
Howard Shore’s score had some lovely bits too. It occurs to me I should try to look for one of those “extended versions” that were not publicly sold. I particularly liked the bit at the very end over the closing shot of the church and the cut to credits. Spoilers ahoy, of course:
Time once again to link to the cut “evil is an abstract” monologue.
10 Likes
It must have been on cable at some point. I channel surfed in at the end for only the apocalyptic climax scene with Rickman and all the feathers. I still have no idea what I saw.
5 Likes
Kevin Smith’s story of showing up to protest his own film is hilarious, and well worth a listen if you haven’t caught it before.
15 Likes
While it’s too late to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary
It’s not too late.
5 Likes
First God, coming out of the arcade and attacked by demons, was Bud Cort.
5 Likes
My favorite scene in Dogma is this exchange between Rufus (Chris Rock) and Bethany (Linda Fiorentino):
Rufus: He still digs humanity, but it bothers Him to see the shit that gets carried out in His name - wars, bigotry, televangelism. But especially the factioning of all the religions. He said humanity took a good idea and, like always, built a belief structure on it.
Bethany: Having beliefs isn’t good?
Rufus: I think it’s better to have ideas. You can change an idea. Changing a belief is trickier…
This feels like a message people still need to hear today. I think the movie holds up just fine.
16 Likes
I, for one, am looking forward to seeing if the movie still holds up at all.
It does. Great movie still.
4 Likes
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
