Comments on: my reply on Xanga http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/ Enough Said. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:51:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Daniel Myers http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-435 Daniel Myers Fri, 06 Jan 2006 17:28:49 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-435 It wouldn't bother me if it was a tribal setting. Like in nation geographic. It wouldn’t bother me if it was a tribal setting. Like in nation geographic.

]]> By: jon http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-436 jon Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:09:50 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-436 haha haha

]]> By: jacob http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-437 jacob Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:44:19 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-437 It began with the problem of, "how do I go about asking a girl to play Bathsheba?" I was talking about my project and presented this problem to a friend, and she said, "well, I'll do it," and she agreed to show whatever. And from there I didn't necessarily PLAN on her being naked, but I knew it was a possibility. I saw it as an artistic option, like when you need a unique location for filming and a friend says, "well, I have this perfect lake in my 10 acre backyard..." Kinda like that, ya see? Yet in filming I knew I'd take the nudity for granted, since I'm not a porn director. While filming, I'd just go with what my artistic instinct tells me, whether that involves the nudity or not. I'm starting to agree with Drew though. It began with the problem of, “how do I go about asking a girl to play Bathsheba?” I was talking about my project and presented this problem to a friend, and she said, “well, I’ll do it,” and she agreed to show whatever. And from there I didn’t necessarily PLAN on her being naked, but I knew it was a possibility. I saw it as an artistic option, like when you need a unique location for filming and a friend says, “well, I have this perfect lake in my 10 acre backyard…” Kinda like that, ya see?

Yet in filming I knew I’d take the nudity for granted, since I’m not a porn director. While filming, I’d just go with what my artistic instinct tells me, whether that involves the nudity or not.

I’m starting to agree with Drew though.

]]> By: jacob http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-438 jacob Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:51:58 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-438 And I am planning on this being a movie for believers and unbelievers. So I have to go with the third and most difficult scenerio. But I probably won't show anything. The question still stands though. It's still very important to me as a Christian filmmaker to figure it out. I would actually make a bet that, no matter what context I put nudity in, the most conservative Christians would still, and quite predictably, misinterpret what they see as bawdiness, decadence, pornography. And I am planning on this being a movie for believers and unbelievers. So I have to go with the third and most difficult scenerio.

But I probably won’t show anything.

The question still stands though. It’s still very important to me as a Christian filmmaker to figure it out. I would actually make a bet that, no matter what context I put nudity in, the most conservative Christians would still, and quite predictably, misinterpret what they see as bawdiness, decadence, pornography.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-439 Daniel Sun, 08 Jan 2006 08:10:04 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-439 So don't show it to Baptists. :-) HAHA! So don’t show it to Baptists. :-) HAHA!

]]> By: jacob http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-440 jacob Sun, 08 Jan 2006 20:57:47 +0000 http://www.vifl.net/2006/01/06/my-reply-on-xanga/#comment-440 lol problem solved. lol problem solved.

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