Portrayal of Religion in Film

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This paper analyzes and discusses three movies, "Going My Way" (1944), "Stigmata" (1999) and "Dogma" (1999). The paper examines how each movie is different or similar in its portrayal of religion, what makes each film good or bad in its portrayal of the Catholic Church and how each reflects the America society as a whole.

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""Dogma" conveys much the same message as "Stigmata," that God is
within, humans are the representatives of God, not the churches. That people have given their power away, allowed themselves to be burdened with guilt where none is warranted. "Dogma" also has some of the elements of "Going My Way." The nurturing element of God, of his messengers, such as the angel Metatron, all show the same qualities of O'Malley, the hip priest who serves God as God intended. Where "Stigmata" seemed to get lost in the "Exorcist" scenes, none of which were ever explained, "Dogma" stays on tract, disclosing not only the greed of the church, but the absurdity of organized religion. Smith encompasses all the elements into one hilarious look at humans and their bigotry."

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