The Golden Compass A Film Study Guide for Catholics

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The Golden Compass is Book I of Pullman’s His Dark Materials … Spiritual Imagination in “His Dark Materials” but think he employs …

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I do think that Pullman’s writings ultimately reveal a nihilistic view of life and at the end of the day, shed little light on the meaning of life. The Golden Compass film, however, demonstrates the values and virtues heroism, self-sacrifice and courage that transcend the challenges the characters face. If future films are made, we can hope that they will be consistent with this first film.
Media Mindfulness Strategy
As a media literacy education specialist I know that a media mindfulness strategy can be very helpful when analyzing books and films. By simply asking and answering these four questions, families can make an informed decision about seeing the film and once they see it, to talk about it in meaningful ways.
1. What’s going on? What’s the story? How is the film’s reality created and why?
2. What’s really going on? Who is telling the story and why? (The film business; the author; the screenwriter).
3. What difference does the film make? Is it really atheistic? Or does it evoke thoughtful conversation about things that matter?
4. What difference can I make? What did the characters in the film learn? How did they grow and change? Did they?…

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