JUST FYI POD

Season 1: Episode 2: “Our 20 Most Spiritually Significant Films of All Time: #19”

The first season of Just FYI Pod aims to explore the “20 Most Spiritually Significant Films of All Time.” In the last episode, my cohost Amy Welborn and I discussed movie #20 on our respective lists. In our new episode, we move on to #19. Amy selected the 1949 film noir The Third Man; I chose the 1986 period drama The Mission. Requisite links and further details can be found below. Please listen, like, share, and comment!

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The Third Man

• Harry Lime (Orson Welles) is found alive and all too well:

• Lime and Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) meet in secret on the Wiener Riesenrad:

• The film’s final scene, in which Martins is rebuffed by Lime’s lover Anna Schmidt (Alida Valli). This scene features the film’s characteristic zither playing.

The Mission

• The former mercenary and slave trader Capt. Rodrigo Mendoza (Robert De Niro), undergoing a lengthy penance, is forgiven by the Guariní:

• Mendoza, now a Jesuit, argues that threats against the Guariní must be violently opposed. Fr. Gabriel (Jeremy Irons) continues to press for nonviolent resistance:

• Cardinal Altamirano (Ray McAnally) laments his role in failing to prevent the “slaughter” of the Guariní. This clip could not be embedded, so follow the link here.