Oh God, (1977) Mr. George Burns, Ms. Terri Garr,
along with country singer Mr. John Denver
This movie stars George Burns (he does a great song sing to "I wish I were 18
again" You'll find the clip posted at sites on the net including youtube - well
worth listening to I say - very well done! Also posted at our related music site
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This movie asks whether if God came down to earth in the form of a
man (for
arguments sake) he would have satisfied our idealism
perspectives in what sanity
he would bring to us in responding to
questions - some timeless questions in
fact - and whether his so
- considered "flock of sheep" in congregations would be
still
following along with church leaders seeming mainly to want to sate
on
desires to deceive, to exploit and to lust after whatever it is
they are in fact
practicing as a lifestyle behind closed doors such
as hate for all but money and
the like perhaps.
George Burns plays "god" no one seems to mind that its a human
image form on
that screen purporting to be god for crissakes - we
know its just to serve a
purpose in a depiction which is made use of
simply for arguments sake to show
that no matter what
image is
used - no doubt here's always likely some question as to why the
image
fails to satisfy any persons or all persons idea of
"infallibility" in regards
to whatever interpretation they might
place on "perfection" as all would expect
any man form to be
perfect - if he is
claiming to be god for crissakes -
especially in
how he lives what example he sets and what it is he says. At
the
end
of the movie he offers seeming no help at that point to the
character played
by Country star John Denver whose job he cost him
as a Manager at a supermarket
along the way at the cost to his
wife and family that included dear Ms. Teri
Garr for crissakes -
where's the perfection in that? So its not scripted to show
god as
any better at the end of it all than whatever musings in the
backrooms of hollywood one might see emanate from all the smoke
billowing back there as the
wheels churn in the minds of those
involved - fallible minds of course as we
have no doubt seen
invariably along the way - all that observe as carefully as
one
might expect and critical engagement of the sanest minds equally
I submit
with care.
Michael Rizzo Chessman
(moviesbyrizzo)
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