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February 21, 2005
From Ebert's Review of Constantine
There is a priest in the film, the alcoholic Father Hennessy (Pruitt Taylor Vince), whose name, I guess, is product placement. Strange that there is a priest, since that opens the door to Catholicism and therefore to the news that Constantine is not doomed unless he wages a lifelong war against demons, but need merely go to confession; three Our Fathers, three Hail Marys, and he's outta there. Strange, that movies about Satan always require Catholics. You never see your Presbyterians or Episcopalians hurling down demons.
Posted by Davey at February 21, 2005 11:57 PM
Comments
We don't believe in demons, just heretics.
Posted by: mike at February 22, 2005 06:07 PM
I think the reason is Catholocism, with all its history (some glorious, some terrifying), it's castles and cathedrals, holy wars, saints, martyrs, priests, kings, emperors, monks, nuns, acolytes, desert hermits, inquisitions, etc. is just, by and large, more interesting, and lends better to intrigue. Protestant denominations don't have as much to work with. Although...I'm positive the Baptist church I attended as a child had a secret passage somewhere. Also, because the Catholic faith is larger and more far-reaching, it naturally has more apostates, and a number of these apostates, still having the Catholic mythos, as it were, ever lurking through their souls, make art.
Posted by: sarah mosley at February 23, 2005 07:45 AM
We've got Indians and tent revivals!
Posted by: Josh at February 23, 2005 07:21 PM