WALL-E, Christianity, and Kubrick
by tdaxp ~ July 17th, 2008
Lady of tdaxp and I have been watching Stanley Kubrick films recently, adding Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Full Metal Jacket to our joint list of Eyes Wide Shut and A Clockwork Orange. We also enjoyed WALL-E. So I was delighted by Adam’s excellent analysis of WALL-E, in light of both Kubrick and Christianity:
The Metropolis Times: WALL-E: A Christian Dystopia
“We’re not engaging in relationships, which are the point of living—relationship with God and relationship with other people.”
– WALL-E director Andrew StantonWALL-E’s parallels with 2001: A Space Odyssey go beyond the blinking red light and ‘Also sprach Zarathustra.’ It shares its visual and geographic structure and its central, somewhat Nietzschian, theme with Kubrick’s masterpiece. However, it goes to a place where Kubrick never could – by featuring the most touching love story captured on film in many, many years.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:33 am
there are definitely some relational themes in Wall-e, gets you thinkin
July 17th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I’m honored to be featured! Thursday night is Kubrick night at my apartment – this week we’re watching Barry Lyndon, another film you need to add to your list. (Made especially ironic given Ryan O’Neal’s recent activities (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6330355.stm))