Connecting the Dots of Good and Evil: The Pilgrim's Progress Movie (2019)

Whereas Bunyan's allegorical embodiments of evil function almost as notches for Christian to put on his belt as he seeks spiritual enlightenment, in the movie version they are part of a singular evil. [...]the filmmakers create the character of the head supervisor, who rules over Christian'...

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Published inBunyan studies no. 24; pp. 125 - 129
Main Author Gulya, Jason J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Newcastle Upon Tyne Northumbria University, Department of Humanities, Faculty of Arts, Design and Social Sciences 01.01.2020
Subjects
Animated films
Audiences
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Good & evil
Motion picture directors & producers
Motion pictures
Religion
Religious literature
Spirituality
Supervisors
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Summary:Whereas Bunyan's allegorical embodiments of evil function almost as notches for Christian to put on his belt as he seeks spiritual enlightenment, in the movie version they are part of a singular evil. [...]the filmmakers create the character of the head supervisor, who rules over Christian's former town and who acts as one of Apollyon's agents. At one moment, in a stark departure from Bunyan's book, the supervisor takes the form of the Flatterer in order to tempt Christian in one of the final stages of his journey. [...]Ken Anderson's 1973 live action film, which features a young Liam Neeson, and even Scott Cawthon's 2005 animated film do not make any significant revisions to this aspect of The Pilgrim's Progress.
ISSN:0954-0970