Bell---eh...

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Barbara Nicolosi has some interesting thoughts on the movie Bella here. She describes much of what I had feared would be the case, and it fits with what I've been hearing from friends who have seen the movie.

I think the Bella phenomenon is another case of Calvinist-influences in our culture confusing a lot of Catholics as to what the relationship between the True and the Beautiful is. Producing a film with an aim of conveying the truth does not guarantee that the film will be beautiful; and furthermore, there's a way in which ugly art lies (and this is more than a simple matter of poor execution causing ambiguity), but that's another post...

What's this movie actually about...?

"Very Catholic." "Very pro-life." In spite of the intense media blitz, that's all I've really heard about the film Bella which - if you didn't know - comes out tomorrow. So I sat down and watched the trailer this morning. In the interest of adding some substance to all the noise, I figured I'd share it with you, readers of the Quincy House Blog.