movies

We found a great video store. We had liked the Videorama on Alberta just fine--a local chain. But they don't have the best selection ever. Paul wanted to find the movie Brother Sun Sister Moon, a movie about St. Francis. We were just hearing about how they used to show this movie at the seminary on Clean Monday, and one Clean Monday someone who saw it decided to quit seminary and live in solidarity with the poor of Boston, and actually live with them. I would imagine that's why they no longer showed it on Clean Monday when Paul was in seminary. :-P

So, we looked for it at Videorama and they didn't have it. I called around and possibly the only place in Portland that rents it is Movie Madness on SE Belmont. What a great place! They have all kinds of hard-to-find titles, plus they have great costumes in the store that stars wore during famous movies.

Brother Sun Sister Moon was really thought-provoking and inspiring. I would highly recommend it.

Today we went back and found another movie we'd meant for a while to watch (but hadn't found when we lived in San Francisco): Last Holiday. It's about a guy who mistakenly is diagnosed with a fatal disease and is told he will die within weeks. He takes his small savings and goes to a nice resort. He still isn't happy, even living among all that wealth, until the workers of the hotel go on strike and the guests are forced to fend for themselves. They all work together and are able to cook for themselves and clean, and one even answers the phone and allows children to come as guests to the hotel, which hasn't been allowed before.

He spends his last weeks telling people what he really thinks, instead of cowtowing to the whims of people more powerful than he. He comes into money, he comes into women (hand't been married before) and get offered lots of business partnerships. Finally, he finds out that he does not have the incurable disease that he thought he did, and drives over to tell his doctor off. On his way back to the hotel, he crashes the car and dies.

A good movie. I liked the St. Francis one best of the two.