Moving Pictures: Why Exorcism Works and Echoes Doesn't
By Dr. Marc T. Newman
MovieMinistry.com
September 16, 2005

(AgapePress) - There was no altar call at the end of the critically acclaimed mystery-thriller The Constant Gardener, but I am sure that many people walked out of it converted to, or at least strengthened in, a belief that evil pharmaceutical companies are ravaging the African countryside. The Wedding Crashers -- which just crossed the $200 million mark -- had no redeeming moral value; but snickering audiences surely emerged feeling a little better about their own promiscuous behavior. If you can laugh at it, how serious can it be? These are movies, not sermons, yet their persuasive appeal to certain audiences is undeniable. Think what you will, these movies work. And they do so because they have not forgotten (though, unfortunately, many Christian filmmakers have) what fiction films are supposed to do.

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