Cormac McCarthy's Most Profound Story
Start your free month of great cinema now at https://mubi.com/likestoriesofold Film availability varies by country About 2 years ago, I was reading Cormac McCarthy's The Crossing when I came across a tale about a heretic, a priest, and the meaning of life that stopped me dead in my tracks, and that I've been trying to untangle ever since. This is that story. Films featured: Train Dreams, First Reformed, Winter Light, The Tree of Life, Silence, A Hidden Life, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford & To the Wonder. 0:00 What was here to be found. 2:26 His name was Robert Grainier. 5:34 He became a heretic. So. 8:44 Who can dream of God? This man did. 11:52 He waited to be called to he knew not what. 14:23 And the priest? 17:28 He understood what the priest could not. 21:50 God had outwitted him, of course. 23:25 But the witness remained. 27:06 What the priest saw at last 31:36 The lesson of a life 37:12 Performing the act of witnessing Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/lsoo-the-sto... -- SECOND CHANNEL -- @LikeStoriesUntold -- SUPPORT MY WORK -- Nebula: https://nebula.tv/lsoo Patreon: / likestoriesofold Leave a One-Time Donation: https://www.paypal.me/TomvanderLinden -- FOLLOW ME -- Facebook: / likestoriesofold Instagram: / tom.vd.linden Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tomvanderlin... Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/tomvanderlinden/ -- CONTACT -- Business inquiries: [email protected] Say hi: [email protected] Music licensed through Musicbed. Take your films to the next level with music from Musicbed. Sign up for a free account to listen for yourself: https://fm.pxf.io/c/3532571/1347628/1... MB019SMVKDE60QC
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