On Getting Even: Reservation Road (2007)
By: wisdomtree
tags: Reservation Road
Category: Conversations, Discourse of Desire, Discourse of despair, Film, Guilt, Justice, Life in general, cultural Apologetics
Reservation Road (2007)
Popular culture feeds on our instinct for anger and revenge. We struggle within to ‘get even’ at perceived injustice. Particularly, if there is a great sense of loss.
How do we deal with perceived ‘injustice’ and feelings of ‘getting even’. The religious message – ‘to forgive’ runs contrary to the therapeutic suggestions offerred by most psychologists. Is ‘letting go’ (expressing) one’s anger and ‘getting even’ a good thing to do?
Reservation Road (2007) is a fascinating film and it takes us through a journey of self exploration and self-evaluation of ‘what we believe in’, ‘what we say’, ‘what we do’ and ‘what we feel’ about perceived injustice and dealing with our natural instincts for anger and getting even.
- What is forgiveness?
- Why do we forgive?
- What does it take to forgive?
- Why is it difficult to forgive?
- Can a transcendent resolution help us?
The film gets us thinking about the making and breaking of human relationships. WATCH IT!
I found this interesting article on Reservation Road: What Would Ethan Do?: Notes on Revenge
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