podcast

Edward Scissorhands

04/04/2012 8:55 am

A scene from the film Edward Scissorhands

As we travel on a journey of faith through Christ's passion, death and resurrection, this podcast series - 'Lent and Easter at the Movies' - takes us to the cinema as Fr Peter Malone MSC relates a series of thought-provoking movies to the day's Gospel reading.

One MP3 review is released for the Sundays of Lent and Easter. We also have a podcast for each day of Holy Week and other key dates.

Wednesday of Holy Week

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

"The film has echoes of such mythic films as ET, the many films which introduce a stranger into society who acts as a catalyst for the members of that society. With its focus on good and evil, right and wrong, innocence and guilt, the film also echoes Gospel imagery and stories."

You can listen to the podcast using the audio player in the top right-hand corner of this page. Right-click on the link below the player to download.

Fr Peter's review

Edward Scissorhands - Review 67.50 kB

Background on the film can be found at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) .

Contributor

Fr Peter Malone is a former president of SIGNIS - the World Catholic Association for Communication. He's a highly experienced film critic and author who has travelled the world watching, writing on and talking about movies. Since 1968, he's written reviews for a number of Catholic magazines and periodicals. He's also written many books on cinema including Films and Values, Movie Christs and Antichrists, Cinema Down Under and the excellent Lights, Camera, Faith (Movie Lectionary) series.

MP3

Edward Scissorhands (1990)

The Gospel for Wednesday of Holy Week sees us focus on the movie 'Edward Scissorhands' from 1990 as Fr Peter Malone MSC relates it to the day's Gospel reading.   holy-wk-weds-scissorhands.mp3 5.19 MB