every thing will be fine is a 2015 german drama film directed by wim wenders , written by bjørn olaf johannessen and produced in 3d .

it is wenders ’ first full-length dramatic feature in seven years .

the film stars james franco , charlotte gainsbourg , rachel mcadams and marie-josée croze .

it premiered out of competition on february 10 , 2015 at the 65th berlin international film festival .

the film made its north american premiere at the toronto international film festival on september 11 , 2015 .

it was released in the united states in a limited release and through video on demand on december 4 , 2015 by ifc films

every thing will be fine

unusual for a drama of this scale , every thing will be fine will be shot in 3d .
' every thing will be fine ' premiere - 65th berlinale internati . . .
germany - ' every thing will be fine ' photocall - 65th berlinal . . .
every thing will be fine : unemotional drama has plenty of insufficiencies add to . . .
charlotte gainsbourg attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the . . .
wim wenders attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th . . .
wim wenders and donata wenders attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere . . .
actor james franco attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th . . .
marie josee croze attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th . . .
wim wenders’s every thing will be fine follows writer tomas ( james franco , right ) after a tragic accident .
every thing will be fine premiered at the berlin film festival 2015 , here’s an interview with marie - josée croze .
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charlotte gainsbourg ( kate ) and james franco ( tomas ) deal with grief and guilt in every thing will be fine .
the film
every thing will be fine
is released in germany on april 2 and on april 22 in france .
hanway is handling worldwide rights on everything will be fine and will be preselling the title in cannes next week .
marie - jose croze ( ann ) and james franco ( tomas ) in wim wenders ' film every thing will be fine .
“every thing will be fine” premiered this week at the berlin international film festival . it is currently seeking u . s . distribution .
with every thing will be fine , [ wim ] wenders has proved that using 3d need not be confined to documentary filmmaking , but that it can be absolutely vital to drama .
every thing will be fine played at the camerimage international film festival and , courtesy of ifc , will begin its u . s . theatrical run on december 4 .
families can talk about the kind of violence in every thing will be fine . does violence that ' s not overtly depicted still have an impact ?
every thing will be fine – 25 . 04 . 2015 18 : 00 @ filmtheater am friedrichshain | ask helmut – best time out in berlin .
toronto — actor james franco is in montreal this week to begin work on every thing will be fine , the latest feature film by german director wim wenders .
united kingdom «every thing will be fine» in the uk has no theatrical release date . dvd and blu - ray release date is not available at this time .
an audi car arrives as wim wenders and donata wenders attend the ' every thing will . . .
wim wenders says he wanted to film the low - key every thing will be fine in 3d because “i realized you could look into the soul” of each character .
remains one of the most sensual experiments in that format . his reasons for sticking with it in every thing will be fine , however , are not immediately apparent .
forget the explosions and effects . wim wenders uses 3d to give characters in natural settings an unforeseen presence in his new film
every thing will be fine .
london — james franco has boarded wim wenders ’ 3d pic “everything will be fine . ”
wim wenders attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
charlotte gainsbourg attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
something is off with “every thing will be fine . ” even for a movie about a writer detached from his emotions , it’s ponderous , like a lucid dream gone bad .
actor james franco attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
marie josee croze attends the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
movie review : wim wenders gets hyperreal and surreal in every thing . . .
with backing from producers in no less than five countries and director of the gravitas of wim wenders - not to mention a solid cast - you ' d think every thing will be fine would be more impressive than it turns out to be .
update : rachel mcadams has joined the cast of wim wenders ’ “every thing will be fine , ” the german director’s new 3 - d drama also starring james franco and charlotte gainsbourg .
wim wenders and donata wenders attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
london – james franco has signed to star in director wim wenders ’ 3d project everything will be fine .
every thing will be fine also stars british actress charlotte gainsbourg , who starred opposite kirsten dunst in lars von trier’s 2011 drama melancholia , and montreal’s marie - josée croze ( the barbarian invasions ) .
' every thing will be fine ' was exactly the right type of story to experiment with this new intimate 3d storytelling , because the characters are going through so much emotionally ,
wenders explained .
[ us ] every thing will be fine ( 2015 ) after he kills a child in a car accident , a distinguished writer struggles for years to come to terms with his life and feelings of guilt .
every thing will be fine is downright strange . some of the visual choices really feel like conscious decisions to do something interesting with the format , but the strain is palpable and the subject matter is handled embarrassingly .
an audi car arrives as wim wenders and donata wenders attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
[ us ] every thing will be fine ( 2015 ) after he kills a child in a car accident , a distinguished writer struggles for years to come to terms with his life and feelings of guilt . : netflixbestof
berlin , germany , february 10th , 2015 : film director wim wenders , james franco , charlotte gainsbourg and marie - josée croze attend at press conference of film every thing will be fine 65th berlin international film festival .
toronto – charlotte gainsbourg and marie - josee croze have jumped on board director wim wenders ’ 3d project everything will be fine .
berlin - - canadian actress sarah polley has joined the cast of wim wenders ’ new film , everything will be fine , a family drama to be shot in 3d .
the montreal shoot will be followed by a break , and resume in winter 2014 .
every thing will be fine
was filmed in 3d . in a discussion before the premiere at the berlinale , wenders pointed out that directors mostly use 3d for effects and tricks in hollywood films , neglecting the many other possibilities offered by the technique .
every thing will be fine screens at kino cinemas , melbourne on november 22 ; sydney ' s palace norton street on november 24 ; melbourne ' s westgarth palace on november 25 and palace barracks , brisbane , on november 27 as part of the german film festival .
every thing will be fine
radiates this great peace and serenity , reminding of the director ' s earlier powerful images . it gives the impression that wenders now knows exactly what can be achieved with a simple plot and no longer constantly needs to remind his audience that speed and complexity embroils all stories nowadays .
early reviews for every thing will be fine were decidedly mixed , especially among american film trade publications such as variety and the hollywood reporter . wenders views their trouble with his latest work as a sign of the film biz’s extreme bias against new ways of exploring established formats .
producer gian piero ringel , actors robert naylor , james franco , director wim wenders and actress lilah fitzgerald ( front ) attend the ' every thing will be fine ' premiere during the 65th berlinale international film festival at berlinale palace on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
every thing will be fine centres on a struggling writer called tomas , played by james franco , who is driving home through falling snow when he hits a sled bearing two small boys as it careers down a roadside snow bank . one boy is unhurt ; the other is killed .
wenders is expected to deliver everything will be fine by the end of the year , making a premiere likely for the berlin international film festival in february .
with
every thing will be fine ,
which opens in germany ' s cinemas on thursday ( 02 . 04 . 2015 ) , wenders gave up this approach . regaining faith in the power of images , he came back to the simpler plots of his initial works of fiction .
earlier : principal photography has begun in montreal on wim wenders’ latest , “every thing will be fine , ” starring james franco , charlotte gainsbourg and marie - josee croze ( “the diving bell and the butterfly” ) . like wenders’ sublime oscar - nominated documentary “pina , ” the film will be in 3 - d . it centers on a writer whose emotional life collapses following a traumatic car accident .
screenwriter bjorn olaf johannessen , producer gian piero ringel and actors robert naylor , marie josee croze , director wim wenders and actors charlotte gainsbourg and james franco attend the ' every thing will be fine ' photocall during the 65th berlinale international film festival at grand hyatt hotel on february 10 , 2015 in berlin , germany .
the actors and the german director , who will be awarded the honorary golden bear for his lifetime achievement .
there’s something amiss in the opening moments of “ every thing will be fine . ” set to a mildly spooky strings - and - piano piece by alexandre desplat , the sequence suggests an old - fashioned murder mystery to such a degree that when the film’s title finally fades in , it feels like a false promise .
every little thing will be fine continues wenders’s fascination with 3d , which he began exploring in his visually stunning dance documentary pina . here , he takes the format further , defying the blueprint of hollywood blockbusters by using 3d not for a wham - bam action barrage , but for a slow - boiling , existential rumination on emotional scars that can only be healed by the passage of time .
“we can only try to believe that there’s meaning to this , ” murmurs charlotte gainsbourg midway through “every thing will be fine” — voicing viewers’ thoughts for the first and only time in wim wenders’ labored , lumbering melodrama . an inglorious return to narrative filmmaking for the german master , this protracted study in grief and forgiveness does [ … ]
ifc films has acquired u . s . rights to wim wenders’ “ everything will be fine , ” which stars james franco , charlotte gainsbourg , rachel mcadams and marie - josee croze .
united states distributed by ifc «every thing will be fine» in the united states theaters released on december 4 , 2015 and has grossed over $ 9k worldwide ; dvd and blu - ray release date was set for june 7 , 2016 . netflix dvd by mail rental date set for june 7 , 2016 . redbox rental date is not announced .
every thing will be fine was mostly not well received by critics . it holds a 17 % rotten rating on review aggregator website rotten tomatoes , based on 18 reviews , with an average rating of 4 . 3 / 10 . metacritic computed a rating of 34 out of 100 , based on five critics’ reviews , meaning “generally unfavorable reviews” . ( wikipedia )
no matter what : every thing will be fine because everything is possible and everything is fine . we have to accept life as it is , we don’t decide . we only have to decide on how we handle a crisis . it’s about the way we handle things , we have to take them the best way we can , and then everything will be fine . what happens to tomas is horrible , and he transforms this moment into art . that inspires him and he becomes more famous with the book about that big event in his life . i think that we have to embrace life with all the difficult things we have to endure .
the storyline in
every thing will be fine
is quite simple : a writer named tomas hits and kills a child in a car accident on a winter road in canada . tomas is not to blame for the accident , yet the tragic events trigger a crisis in the life of the author . he questions himself as a human being and even as an artist .
the opening and closing sequences of
every thing will be fine ,
the first fiction feature from german director wim wenders in almost a decade , are among the most masterful he’s created , and over the course of his long career he’s created quite a few such scenes … and , more to the point , quite a few such whole films . but bear with me .
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it will also be selling the updated version of bernardo bertolucci ’s the last emperor 3d to buyers after it unspools as a cannes special .
wenders put his — or , at least , his producers’ — money where his mouth is by shooting his latest feature , every thing will be fine , mostly in oka , with a few scenes in montreal . starring james franco , charlotte gainsbourg , rachel mcadams and marie - josée croze , the 3d drama tells the story of a handful of characters coping with the after - effects of a tragedy over 14 years .
ifc films has acquired u . s . rights to wim wenders’ “everything will be fine , ” which stars james franco , charlotte gainsbourg , rachel mcadams and marie - josee croze . the 3d drama will make its north american premiere at the toronto international film festival in the masters section . ifc films will release the film on dec . 4 . wenders directed from [ … ]
while it may sound like one of the platitudes that james franco ‘s character is accused of delivering at one point , the title of wim wenders ‘ new film “ every thing will be fine ” contains a clue to its approach and it’s in that space between “every” and “thing . ” this is very much a film about things —not objects , not any particular thing , but things . characters wonder how things are going . they worry things are not working out . they ask how things are with each other . they wish they could make things better . they lament the fact they want different things . and when they have no other recourse to explain events , they blame things for doing what things do : happening .
“it wasn’t me who chose the story , it chose me“ , says wim wenders : ‘every thing will be fine’ came to me in an unexpected way , in the form of a screenplay in the mail , sent to me by bjørn olaf johannessen . “ the german director had met the young norwegian screenwriter during the sundance script lab where johannessen’s screenplay “nowhere man“ had received the top prize from the jury chaired by wenders . impressed by the originality of his idea , the clarity of its structure , the quality of the dialogues and the natural simplicity , he encouraged the young author to send him his next screenplay . in fact , johannessen did this three years later , and wenders liked this first draft of “every thing will be fine“ so much that together with his producer gian - piero ringel they decided to option the script and to start its development already during the postproduction on “pina“ .
since the script was written by the norwegian bjorn olaf johannessen , one suspects the answer is that it’s actually norway , but the film , a five - way co - pro shot in quebec and norway , brings out the cultural nationalist in me . i don’t think canada is a better place than anywhere else , i just think it is a place . every thing will be fine is located in some 3 - d la - la land .
“and i cast rachel mcadams because of that incredibly positive energy that she exudes in every role . ”
london — james franco has boarded wim wenders’ 3d pic “everything will be fine . ” franco will play tomas , a writer who accidentally causes the death of a child and spends the next 12 years examining the effect of the tragedy on his life and that of kate , the child’s mother . wenders said the film was [ … ]
the film will be released in germany and canada in 2014 , via warner bros . and mongrel media , respectively ; no word yet on a stateside release .
the 3d drama will make its north american premiere at the toronto international film festival in the masters section . ifc films will release the film on dec . 4 .
so perhaps every thing will be fine is supposed to be the director’s back - to - basics movie , putting him in the mode of the ’50s hollywood dramas ( see : alexandre desplat’s throwback score ) that haunted his early german films like dreams—and maybe wenders has just depleted whatever basics he could go back to . there are exactly two interesting things about every thing will be fine . the first is the use of 3 - d as a stand - in for the rapturous use of color in classic melodramas ; it works for the first 10 or so minutes , which are set in the dead of winter . then the viewer realizes that all of the ideas wenders has cooked up for 3 - d involve falling snow , and that the rest of the movie is set in the spring , summer , and fall seasons of an 11 - year period , and mostly consists of awkwardly staged conversations with a 2 - to - 1 ratio of heavy pauses to actual dialogue , occasionally spruced up with a reflection or a barely motivated vertigo - style dolly - zoom .
this would be an easy film to mock . johannessen’s script is often leaden while wenders’s style is unfashionably unflashy , the pace only just this side of ponderous . but the picture has sincerity on its side , as well as the nagging eeriness of a score ( by alexandre desplat ) that verges on the herrmann - esque . and while it’s tasteful , even unadventurous , every thing will be fine isn’t too timid to address the restorative effect of trauma on creativity . “your books from before the accident weren’t as good , ” someone tells tomas in one of several authentic “ouch” moments .
tomas eldan , the canadian novelist played by james franco in wim wenders’ lame 3 - d melodrama every thing will be fine , always looks like he’s ready to zonk out for a nap . as a matter of fact , he’s introduced waking up from one , in an ice shack that doubles as his writing room , and he moves through every subsequent scene as though he were searching for a light switch on the way to the bathroom . is it too perfect that when the movie finally perks up , which is in its last 20 or so minutes , it’s in a scene where tomas drinks a cup of coffee ? or that its muffled climax has him discovering that an intruder has pissed all over his bed ? every thing will be fine , ostensibly about a writer who realizes his dreams on the back of someone else’s nightmare , resembles nothing more than the story of one man’s decade - long quest to get some quality zzzz s . it probably couldn’t ask for a more fitting star than franco , who has eyes like the headlamps of a beat - up old corvette stingray , stuck halfway between open and closed .
this is all pitched in a very earnest key , but it’s not necessarily rooted in reality — or so i like to think . if the case should be otherwise , every thing will be fine is as lugubrious as that space separating the first two words of its title . as one who feels little excuse to defend wenders , however — e . g . his sincere , meant - to - be - awe - inspiring until the end of the world is far and away the best “comedy” i’ve seen in theaters this year — i say with no small amount of confidence that this , however clunky , is ( mostly ) meant to be taken much in the same way we should process douglas sirk or nicholas ray . change the muted blues and greys to bright reds and yellows , and the continuation of a tradition might be clearer .
it’s possible that “every thing will be fine” is understated to a fault , that excavating its deeper meanings is deliberately impeded rather than enabled by its gently casual vibe . a laughably wooden leading turn from franco isn’t anything to voice disappointment in these days , but the extent to which his monotonous laziness infects the rest of the picture suggests catastrophically low expectations on his director’s part . indeed , while the measure of a filmmaker can often be the performances she elicits from younger cast members , it has to be said here that those by robert naylor as 17 - year - old christopher and lilah fitzgerald as ann’s daughter mina are shockingly flat — was it that uninspiring to perform opposite franco ?
after he completed pina , his much lauded 3 - d documentary about choreographer pina bausch , german director wim wenders became a vocal defender of the technology , arguing it could revolutionize an intimate drama as much as it had a dance film . and so , we are treated to the bizarre international co - production every thing will be fine , a small but taut drama in which the beautiful physical details jumping off the screen only serve to emphasize an ill - defined setting and major insufficiencies in the script and performances .
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every thing will be fine , based on an original script by the norwegian bjørn olaf johannessen , tells the story of tomas ( james franco ) , a writer who loses control of his life after a car accident . even though he is not directly at fault , his relationship with his girlfriend breaks down because of this event and his life and work suddenly set off in a completely new direction . the film follows tomas over a period of 12 years and tells an intimate story of guilt and the search for forgiveness .
“every thing will be fine” is far from a perfect film . but wenders is trying to do new things within the confines of a pretty standard european art - film scenario , and the viewer can see he’s not approaching the material as though it’s rote ; he’s really trying to use the camera to get through the feelings of loss the characters suffer . wenders is also the author of a book of essays called “emotion pictures , ” and he once again brings some honor to that concept with this flawed but intriguing work .
“we can only try to believe that there’s meaning to this , ” murmurs charlotte gainsbourg midway through “every thing will be fine” — voicing viewers’ thoughts for the first and only time in wim wenders ’ labored , lumbering melodrama . an inglorious return to narrative filmmaking for the german master , this protracted study in grief and forgiveness does little to suggest his time hasn’t been better spent making documentaries for the past seven years . imprisoning james franco in the role of an emotionally constipated writer taking 10 years to process a fatal car accident , “fine” is unlikely to arouse much empathy from auds , who may instead spend most of the running time wondering why wenders chose to dramatize these dingy proceedings in advanced 3d . despite this arthouse novelty and a name cast , the conviction of the title will not be shared by distributors .
every thing will be fine is wenders ' first fiction film in a decade ; even if it is a failed experiment , he is at least striking out into new territory . the fact that other serious film - makers have largely avoided 3d frustrates him .
when we started to prepare this film four years ago , i was convinced it was going to be one of many by the time it came out ,
he says .
i was convinced . maybe it is the bad reputation 3d gathered , all those roller - coaster effects , so they think ' oh , it ' s going to ruin my story because everybody thinks this will be an effects - driven movie ' .
but this , he believes , is the future . we just have to learn to work with it .
gian - piero ringel will produce through his and wenders’ neue road movies . production will begin in montreal on aug . 15 . the screenplay is by norwegian writer bjorn - olaf johannessen .
as soon as he finished pina , he says , he knew he had to bring that perceptive power to fiction .
it is almost mathematical . one camera sees one thing ; two cameras , it ' s almost like they see two by two , that ' s four . they quadruple it . i wanted those cameras to work like a magnifying glass , to use that for a story .
it took another five years , during which he made the oscar - nominated 2014 documentary the salt of the earth , until he came to berlin film festival with every thing will be fine , a drama of grief and loss made in seamless , gimmick - free 3d .
one day , driving aimlessly around the outskirts of town after a trivial domestic quarrel , a writer named tomas accidentally hits and kills a child . will he be able to move on ?
hanway films reps the film in international markets , and will introduce it to buyers at cannes .
gian - piero ringel will produce the 3d movie through his and wenders’ production banner neue road movies .
set in quebec , every thing will be fine starts with an accident , in which tomas’ wood - paneled jeep wagoneer strikes and kills a toddler on a snowy rural road . in the years that follow , he goes through the usual stages of burnout protagonism ( including the most important one : holing up in a motel room full of empty liquor bottles ) , eventually emerging as the acclaimed author of this is a room and assorted other books whose titles and covers resemble the lit - fic parodies from listen up philip . finally , just as tomas has settled into a cozy life with a family of his own in , yes , a glass house , the now - teenage brother of the boy shows up to collect what’s due , accusing him of using a tragedy in which he played a brief but pivotal role for a bookshelf’s worth of creative inspiration , pinpointing how even seemingly innocuous passages in tomas’ fiction trace back to that fateful evening . at this point , a reader might think that all of this sounds like a decent set - up for , say , an arthouse suspense flick about bourgeois mores , à la michael haneke . it is , but every thing will be fine isn’t that film .
every thing will be fine is the story of the author tomas eldan . one day a car accident transforms his life . even though he is not directly to blame for this tragedy , it still causes his relationship with his girlfriend to break apart . tomas falls into a deep hole . he seeks retreat in his writing and tries to start his own family with a new love . the film looks at tomas’ attempt to give his life meaning again and recounts his search for forgiveness . it is not time alone that heals wounds but the courage to face up to things and to forgive . especially oneself .
wenders is keeping details of everything will be fine under wraps , but the plot - - from a script by norwegian screenwriter bjørn olaf johannessen - - is believed to focus on a german magician who disappears in the wilds of rural norway . gian - piero ringel , who produced wenders’ 3d dance documentary pina , is also on board .
in the 3d film , the actor will play a writer who accidentally causes the death of a child .
“every thing will be fine” unfolds by means of an elliptical timeframe ; frequent fades conclude scenes at incongruous junctures ; dialogue exchanges seem designed primarily to retain an opaque air rather than further character . on a better day this might have recalled atom egoyan at his peak — the wintry setting and the latent traumas sparked by an extraordinary incident certainly bring “the sweet hereafter” to mind . but the creative choices of wenders and co . have resulted here in a work that sadly invites derision . guffaws rang out at several points in the first press screening at the berlin international film festival , which also concluded with a damningly tokenistic applause .
directed by wim wenders , with james franco , marie - josée croze , rachel mcadams and charlotte gainsbourg . every thing will be fine , based on an original script by the norwegian bjørn olaf johannessen , tells the story of tomas ( james franco ) , a writer who loses control of his life after a car accident . even though he is not directly at fault , his relationship with his girlfriend breaks down because of this event and his life and work suddenly set off in a completely new direction . the film follows tomas over a period of 12 years and tells an intimate story of guilt and the search for forgiveness .
coming from many other veteran auteurs , a film as tone - deaf and structurally haphazard as “every thing will be fine” — no explanation is given , incidentally , for the title’s irksome spacing — would sound an alarming career alert . coming from wenders , freshly oscar - nominated for his gleaming , gorgeous sebastiao salgado tribute “the salt of the earth , ” this unfortunate diversion merely suggests that the creative instincts and impulses that once yielded the marvelous likes of “paris , texas” and “wings of desire” have shifted permanently to the realm of nonfiction ; after all , 2008’s oddly conceived meta - thriller “palermo shooting” likewise found him firing on precious few cylinders .
basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
“i am convinced that the medium of 3d will be able to open up an entirely new dimension of emotional closeness to our story and its protagonists , ” said wenders , who made the acclaimed 2011 documentary pina in 3d .
region : region 2 ( this dvd may not be viewable outside europe . read more about dvd formats . )
netherlands released , pal / region 2 dvd : languages : english ( dolby digital 5 . 1 ) , french ( dolby digital 5 . 1 ) , dutch ( subtitles ) , french ( subtitles ) , widescreen ( 1 . 78 : 1 ) , special features : interactive menu , scene access , synopsis : while driving aimlessly after a quarrel with his girlfriend , a writer accidentally runs over and kills a child . the accident and its aftermath deeply traumatizes him . over the next 12 years , he struggles to make sense of what happened and continue on with life , but when he looks in the mirror , he sees a murderer . . . . every thing will be fine
in theory , i agree with you . and in practice , “every thing will be fine” wears a certain preciosity on its sleeve , starting with the title , with its deliberately broken “everything , ” oy . one might suspect the new sincerity in action , except that wenders has always been a one - hundred percent sincere filmmaker , whether creating such acute stories of existential anxiety as “ the american friend , ” luminous , mysticism - laden parables of love like “ wings of desire , ” or atrociously soft - headed meditations on being a man out of time , as in his dire 2008 “palermo shooting , ” his most recent fiction feature and not a particularly good omen for this one .
of course ! tragedy is a catharsis , it’s like the big bang for me . every tragedy brings you something positive . the opposite of life is stillness , so tragedy also means life for me . human beings are always afraid of what will change and what will be different . painful moments in our lives bring us more strength and knowledge , and , sometimes , we decide to change our ways because of something that feels like a tragedy . change is life , so i’m not afraid of changing .
based on an original script by norwegian bjørn olaf johannessen , wim wenders tells the story of the author tomas ( james franco ) in every thing will be fine . one day a car accident transforms his life . even though he is not directly to blame for this tragedy , it still causes his relationship with his girlfriend to break apart . tomas falls into a deep hole . he seeks retreat in his writing and tries to start his own family with a new love . the film looks at tomas’ attempt to give his life meaning again and recounts his search for forgiveness . it is not time alone that heals wounds but the courage to face up to things and to forgive . especially oneself .
it is fair to say that every thing will be fine was not well received , even in wenders ' home town . he says he was attracted to the script by bjorn olaf johannessen – it was originally set in johannessen ' s native norway , but is now relocated to quebec – because he liked its narrative construction . slices of story , played out in roughly real time , are cut from a time frame spanning 14 years ; it is up to the viewer to guess what has happened in between . critics and audiences found these plot omissions , oddly timed fades and opaque dialogue frustrating at best , laughable at worst . even the all - star cast was seen as collectively working below par .
tomas’ situation worsens considerably when , driving in a blinding blizzard , he runs over the young son of illustrator and single mother kate ( charlotte gainsbourg ) , at least managing to save the boy’s older brother christopher ( jack fulton ) . kate , a melancholic , god - fearing soul , is distraught but ultimately bears her son’s accidental killer no ill will ; tomas , on the other hand , finds it harder to forgive himself , leaving sara and going into a psychological tailspin that culminates in an idle suicide attempt . thus is the stage set for a decade - spanning survey of emotional catharsis and self - confrontation , effectively dropping in on tomas every few years to check if everything ( or , indeed , every thing ) is fine yet .
mcadams will take the role of franco’s writer character’s girlfriend , a role which once had director - actress sarah polley attached .
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parents need to know that every thing will be fine is a relationship drama that stars well - known actors james franco and rachel mcadams but is unlikely to appeal to younger audiences . the movie not only revolves around a heavy theme - - the death of an unknown child in a car accident - - but it ' s contemplative and plays out across many years in a way that most teens will likely find tedious . there ' s quite a bit of substance use - - to the point of a character ' s suicide attempt - - as well as some drinking by a not - quite - legal - adult . there ' s also a scary moment when someone is trapped during a freak accident at a local fair . families who do see the film together may want to discuss healthy and unhealthy ways to handle grief and tragedy .
a three - hankie weepie that harks back in its melodramatic rhythms and constantly moves forward ( or so it at least thinks ) with its use of digital 3d , every thing will be fine , wim wenders ‘ first narrative feature since palermo shooting , is always flirting with being a white elephant . it would only require , say , two more bad scenes — more bizarre choices with regard to the performances , more bits of dialogue that get to the heart of a character’s grief with the grace of a drunk lumberjack , or at least fewer pretty images — to teeter into chaos . and this is what ultimately makes the picture most worthwhile : even those moments that raise the eyebrows sky - high still have a weird integrity and determination skating under the surface .
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production began mid - august in montreal and wrapped mid - september but they will return in january / february to shoot the winter scenes .
wim wenders ' fascination with 3d cinematography began with his acclaimed documentary pina about dancer pina bausch , and continued in the multiple - director omnibus cathedrals of culture last year . perhaps no one outside of james cameron has intuited the potential of 3d as well as the german director , and it was high time to try out these technical advances in a piece of dramatic fiction . but unfortunately , the awkwardly titled every thing will be fine seems more like a showcase for expressive camerawork pushing the limits of cinematography than anything else . actors the caliber of james franco and charlotte gainsbourg get the short end of the stick in this angst - ridden drama about a writer who is tormented by the accidental death of a child . there is dramatic tension here , but all things considered , this ranks as a puzzling failure .
in the past decade , the director of the
buena vista social club
rather focused on making documentary films , the most recent one being
the salt of the earth .
now wim wenders is back with a new fiction film , and his fans will be delighted .
perhaps the most incongruous scene of all , though , is that in which tomas walks mina home from school one day , along a rural river path . their conversation revolves around a word tomas had brought to mina’s attention at an earlier point that is overused and literally meaningless in everyday conversation . on first inspection that word seems to be “like , ” for mina seems to make a point of , like , saying it as often as she , like , can . but upon reflection , the word could also be “fine” — the go - to adjective that encompasses all our emotional states , whether fraught , joyous or even bereft . indeed , a fine film !
“i chose the actors for being able to play their parts in an utterly minimalistic way , ” he said . “i knew the 3d cameras would see every little exaggeration , and that they would see more than any camera ever before . so these actors had to become these people . they weren’t allowed to play them — they had to be them .
poetic feature films like
wings of desire
and
paris , texas
are on every film student ' s must - see list and established wim wenders as one of the greats of cinema .
wim wenders loves montreal . if our city had its own equivalent of the i ( heart ) ny t - shirt , he would be rocking it .
that notion might make you gag , and could have very well soured the project much further if every thing will be fine wasn’t so consistency a pleasure to observe . it would stand as a well - measured work of directing in two dimensions — the recurring assemblage of shots and cuts to build tension , dread , and portent , and the ability to separate those close - but - distinct feelings , is terrific in and of itself — but the union of wenders , cinematographer benoît debe , and stereographer joséphine derobe produces images that range from accomplished ( speaking for the most essential aspects of image - making ) to outright beautiful . the 3d is impressive as a showcase , more so as a supplement to drama : the way it brings so many of the close - ups into an almost - direct contact ; the emphasizing of an actor’s numerous facial tics ; the enhancement of atmosphere in correlation to the clear - as - day emotions dictating the drama .
wenders has a history of employing exceptional cinematographers ( such as robby müller ) , and here gets fine work from benoit debie , whose glowing landscapes and interiors contribute at least as much as the script .
desplat who recently received his seventh and eighth academy award nomination for his music for the grand budapest hotel and the imitation game also has scored the drama suffragette starring carey mulligan & meryl streep , which will be released later this year . the composer’s upcoming projects also include matteo garrone’s the tale of tales and roman polanski’s d .
for one , it takes almost the entire movie to introduce a lone demitasse of dramatic tension ( i . e . , the set - up described in the above paragraph ) , and then , it more or less spits it out on the floor . every thing will be fine is a critic’s worst nightmare , which is to say that it’s really goddamn boring—the kind of boring that is tough to write about , and which inevitably threatens to bring out everyone’s inner hack , cycling through synonyms to keep the prose lively ( “dull , ” “tedious , ” “stultifying , ” etc . ) , all the while fighting the urge to just start nitpicking things that might be endearing in a better film . ( sure , no two members of the cast here have the same accent , but neither does anyone in the scarlet empress . ) why ? wenders ( paris , texas ; wings of desire ) used to be one of the hippest and most cosmopolitan filmmakers around , a director of road trips and existential metaphors that twirled out into long passages of poetic observation . but somewhere around the 1990s , his fiction films started to get soft and fat , distended by cameos and travel - guide backdrops—the kind of stuff that had spun his best films , but now lacked a motor of ambition .
the admirable craziness — the sort that doesn’t announce itself or use that quality to pervert every individual moment — doesn’t necessarily subside , and thus neither does my affection . wenders and co . have created something at once unidentifiable and part of a long cinematic tradition , which speaks to me as a sign that it , no matter the initially poor reception , will have time to grow .
every thing will be fine follows tomas ( james franco ) , an aspiring writer whose life is irrevocably changed one winter day after he accidentally strikes two young brothers who are sledding , and only one of the boys survives . tomas , who was out driving that day after a disagreement with his then - girlfriend , sara ( rachel mcadams ) , breaks things off with her . eventually , he writes a best - seller and enters a serious relationship with grounded single mother ann ( marie - josee croze ) , a literary editor at tomas ' publishing house - - but he never forgets the accident and even checks in on the grieving mother ( charlotte gainsbourg ) who lost her son under his car . more than a decade after the accident , the surviving son , christopher ( robert naylor ) , now a mature teen , begins to stalk tomas in hopes of connecting with the man who showed him such compassion , even while being responsible for his brother ' s death .
tragedy is random and unavoidable , and overcoming it can be slow , painful , and all - consuming . positive message about how creativity can flourish after grief .
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jeremy thomas ' u . k . - based sales and finance banner hanway films will handle international sales and tout wenders ' vision to buyers at the upcoming marche du film .
franco bears all this with sleepy good grace and doesn’t overdo the brooding , despite playing a man who has never met a window out of which he didn’t want to stare pensively . gainsbourg isn’t given much to do ; most of it is so over - familiar that there seems every danger she will react to the loss of her child by decamping to a woodland cabin to perform a self - clitoridectomy à la antichrist .
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the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
this is an intimate drama where the action takes place in living rooms , offices , cafes and cars . when there is an explosive incident , it tends to be shunted off - screen . the closest that the use of 3d comes to the spectacular is the shot of a kitchen curtain fluttering in the foreground , revealing autumnal fields stretching into the distance as far as the earth will allow .
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pinky moge wali ( 2012 ) is a punjabi film starring neeru bajwa , gavie chahal , geeta zaildar , k s makhan , harpal singh , b.n. sharma as the prominent characters .

music for the film will be given by jatinder shah , gurmeet singh & rohit composer and guri bal .

the film started shooting in march 2012 .

the movie was released on 28 september 2012 .

the film 's title pinky moge wali comes from the popular character of pinky introduced in the popular punjabi movie jihne mera dil luteya .

the title for the movie was bought for an undisclosed amount in big figures .

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is a punjabi film starring neeru bajwa and gavie chahal . the movie got released on 28th september , 2012 the film ' s title
pinky moge wali
comes from the popular character introduced in punjabi movie
jihne mera dil lutya
.
. ik din mein koi sikander nahi banta . . . pinky sandhu . . as . . pinky mogewali . .
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pinky moge wali is an upcoming punjabi movie starring neeru bajwa , gavie chahal along with geeta zaildar . the movie is expected to be released on september 28 , 2012 . the movie has been directed by vikram dhillon .
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the film revolves around the life of a fun loving girl
pinky .
she belongs to a rich family , however her mother had expired since long and she has been brought up by her father , but her father doesn ' t has any love and affection towards her .
description the film revolves around the life of a fun loving girl
pinky .
she belongs to a rich family , however her mother had expired since long and she has been brought up by her father , but her father doesn ' t has any love and affection towards her .
fun - loving rich girl pinky ( neeru bajwa ) stages her own kidnapping to elicit a reaction from her father , who raised her after her mother ' s death but never showed her any love or attention . in the process , she falls in love with one of the supposed kidnappers ( gavie chahal ) .
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god on trial is a 2008 bbc/wgbh boston television play written by frank cottrell boyce , starring antony sher , rupert graves and jack shepherd .

the play takes place in auschwitz during world war ii .

the jewish prisoners put god on trial in absentia for abandoning the jewish people .

the question is if god has broken his covenant with the jewish people by allowing the nazis to commit genocide .

the play is based on an event described by elie wiesel in his book the trial of god , though boyce describes this tale as " apocryphal " .

according to boyce , producer mark redhead " had been trying to turn the story into a film for almost 20 years by the time he called me in 2005 to write the screenplay . "

however , wiesel later confirmed that the story was true , and that he was personally witness to it .

god on trial

nobel laureate declares ' i was there when god was put on trial
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in the jewish tradition of arguing with god , jewish prisoners in auschwitz decide to put god on trial .
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god on trial : a
masterpiece contemporary
presentation . starring rupert graves , antony sher , dominic cooper , 9 p . m . sun . on kqed .
stephen dillane as schmidt , stellan skarsgard as baumgarten , and rupert graves as mordechai stars
god on trial
in sunday , november 9 , 2008 at 9pm et on pbs .
the story that rabbis in auschwitz once decided to put god on trial - and found him guilty - has frequently been assumed to be apocryphal .
antony sher plays a polish rabbi in frank cottrell boyce ' s god on trial . forming part of a group of auschwitz inmates they debate the existance of god . sher talks to andrew pettie
randy blythe of lamb of god performs on day 2 of the heavy montreal festival on august 10 , 2014 in montreal , canada .
the story has never been proven , but even if it is apocryphal , it makes a convincing and shattering film in
god on trial ,
airing on
masterpiece contemporary
sunday night .
but on monday night , the nobel laureate elie wiesel startled his audience at a holocaust educational trust appeal dinner in london when he declared :
i was there when god was put on trial .
god on trial is an original and incendiary spin on the dialogue - fuelled drama which debates with itself in a single , claustrophobic location . predominantly based in a solitary concentration camp barrack , the plot is ostensibly straightforward . the prisoners put god on trial and discuss his incentives for unleashing such disgusting and unwarranted wrath on the jewish people . but as the premise evolves , discussions become increasingly complex and diverse as the prisoners discuss topics ranging from the heavily existential to the arbitrary . god on trial is a sophisticated study of metaphysics as well as an emotionally draining insight into this horrific period of time .
but he says :
nobody can vanish god , nobody can kill god . people know we have a
i say there is a god , but people have different views of god ,
norris says .
who needs a god who suffers ?  is just one of many discomforting questions god on trial dares ask , intending to provoke and challenge believers and nonbelievers alike . the compelling and disturbing television drama , to be broadcast on pbs stations sunday , november 9 , is as powerful as anything youll encounter on the stage or big screen this year .
you did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you . on the contrary , you received me as an angel of god , as christ jesus himself .
you did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you . on the contrary , you received me as an angel of god , as christ jesus himself .
prabhupada class on science of god - - bhagavad - gita 4 . 1 - - bombay mar 21 , 1974
there ' s nothing frothy about frank cottrell boyce ' s play god on trial ( bbc2 ) . god ' s on trial , for a start . in auschwitz , too . a group of prisoners , their faith stretched to its limits and beyond by the terrible circumstances they find themselves in , are trying to decide whether the lord has broken his covenant with his chosen people .
two of those questioning the story , rabbi jonathan romain and rabbi dan cohn - sherbok , were advisers to the recent bbc2 film god on trial , which staged the philosophical debate in auschwitz .
a + run walkthrough on hotline miami 2 scene 5 : first trial ( with combo god achievement ) all deaths have been edited out as videos would be too damn long if they werent .
to tell me ,
paul , don ' t be afraid ! you will stand trial before the emperor . and because of you , god will save the lives of everyone on the ship .
jerusalem scholar esther farbstein , author of hidden in thunder : perspectives on faith , halachah and leadership during the holocaust , was asked if there is any record of god being put on trial in auschwitz . mrs farbstein said flatly :
no .
but she added :
there is no question that individuals did put god on trial in their minds , so it is quite plausible that people did have this discussion . but i think it ' s a story , because i have never seen such a document testifying to such a trial .
it’s not every day you hear the almighty described as ‘a cheating bastard’ . but during bbc2’s god on trial , a demanding 90 - minute drama starring the olivier award - winning actor sir antony sher and written by frank cottrell boyce ( welcome to sarajevo ) , the inmates of auschwitz submit him to an even greater indignity : they put him on trial .
sher is one of the trustees of the holocaust educational trust , which takes british schoolchildren on trips to auschwitz to explain to them what happened there . in a similar way , he hopes that god on trial will introduce this most distressing and provocative of subjects to a wider audience . ‘i think there can never be too much done on the subject of the holocaust , ’ says sher , ‘to stop people like [ discredited historian ] david irving saying it didn’t happen . it’s terribly important that this debate is happening in god on trial , and terribly important that it’s happening on a mass medium like television . ’
and my trial which was in my flesh you despised not , nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
an unexpected air of nostalgia permeates the opening minutes of
god on trial ,
which premieres on
masterpiece contemporary
at 9 p . m . sunday . not , of course , for its subject - - a legendary court held at auschwitz to determine if the holocaust proved that god had broken his covenant with israel - - but for its structure .
and though my condition was a trial to you , you did not scorn or despise me , but received me as an angel of god , as christ jesus .
and you did not ridicule , neither did you loathe the trial of my flesh , but you received me as an angel of god and as yeshua the messiah .
there is no historical evidence that such a trial took place . cottrell boyce’s drama is based on a widely repeated second world war story that is most likely apocryphal .
and though my condition was a trial to you , you did not despise nor reject ; but you received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
yes¯and dont we also put god on trial in all contexts all the time ? c . s . lewis , in a 1948 essay called difficulties in presenting the christian faith to modern unbelievers ( retitled god in the dock by his editor , walter hooper ) , wrote : the ancient man approached god . . . as the accused person approaches his judge . for the modern man the roles are reversed . he is the judge : god is in the dock . he is quite a kindly judge : if god should have a reasonable defence for being the god who permits war , poverty , and disease , he is ready to listen to it . the trial may even end in his acquittal .
god on trial is a tv movie starring joseph muir , josef altin , and ashley artus . awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps , a group of jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether god has gone against the holy covenant and if he is the one guilty for their suffering .
drama . in a block house in auschwitz , a group of prisoners demand to know the nature of a god who can allow so much suffering . they attempt to settle their dispute by putting god on trial . knowing half of them will be sent to the gas chamber , they have only one day to reach a verdict .
and said , ' do not be afraid , paul . you must stand trial before caesar ; and god has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you . '
and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe , but you received me as an angel of god , as christ jesus himself .
written by frank cottrell boyce (
welcome to sarajevo ,
hilary and jackie
) for the bbc ,
god on trial
feels like an old - fashioned play adapted for television , the sort you used to see quite often - - hal holbrook in
our town
or lee j . cobb in
death of a salesman .
by the subject ' s very nature ,
god on trial
is powerfully intellectual , heavy on dialogue , light on action and unfolds almost exclusively in a small , grim barracks where a newly arrived group of prisoners demands that an equal number of the older ones be chosen for extermination .
the victims’ families made a statement on the courthouse steps before the start of the trial in which they urged people to focus on their loved ones . de grood’s parents , douglas and susan de grood , were also in court and sat in the front row .
two academic rabbis , dan cohn - sherbok and jonathan romaine , changed my mind . they introduced me to a long jewish tradition of wrangling with god , going right back to abraham bargaining with him over the destruction of sodom , and forward to elie weisel ' s famous declaration that god was hanged on the gallows in auschwitz . here were people talking to god on a frequency that wasn ' t on my dial . the trial of god would not have been some blasphemous aberration , but something in the tradition of the psalms , the book of job and even christ ' s terrible accusing cry from the cross :
why have you forsaken me ?
what are you praying for ? . . . anyone else trying to help god make his mind up ? . . . hes an evil b¯¯ . he should be here . with us . well put the b¯¯ on trial . then maybe hell hear it .
and if you think this tale is intended for jews alone , dont tell that to frank cottrell boyce , from whose pen the intelligent and provocative script flowed . boyce , whose previous scripts include welcome to sarajevo and hillary and jackie , is not even jewish but a believing catholic . he drew inspiration for his drama from an event depicted by elie wiesel in his play the trial of god . wiesel contends he had witnessed such a trial as a child in the death camps . but wiesels version transplants the debate to seventeenth - century russia , in the wake of a pogrom . boyce , however , argues that the original story is apocryphal , that no such trial of god by auschwitz prisoners ever took place . but that is neither here nor there .  god on trial isnt a jewish issue ,  says boyce . its a question about god and who god is , something that people are asking themselves in all contexts all the time .
once at the party de grood put on a pair of blue latex gloves .
and we continually thank god that in receiving the word of god from us , you did not accept it as the word of men , but as the true word of god . and this is the word which is now at work in you who believe .
in his statement , groening said even though he had known what was going on at auschwitz , the personal stories of the co - plaintiffs during the trial had brought home the enormity of the atrocities .
“she and god were going to prove us wrong . i remember the reference was she was going to prove the doctors wrong and god was going to make him better . ”
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prabhupada class on bhagavad - gita 4 . 3 - - bombay march 23 , 1974
two sons , brothers , both born with mixed cerebral palsy . now i was mad . mad at god . what is he doing ? why is he picking on me ?
according to sher , who plays akiba , a polish rabbi who remains silent for the first hour of the trial and is then the final ‘witness’ to give evidence , there are no straightforward answers . ‘god on trial is a very powerful and unsettling piece , ’ he says . ‘each of the characters’ speeches is so convincing . i think the viewers are going to find themselves swinging back and forth between the different arguments . ’
and he said , ' don ' t be afraid , paul , for you will surely stand trial before caesar ! what ' s more , god in his goodness has granted safety to everyone sailing with you . '
and although my illness was a trial to you , you did not despise me or reject me . instead , you welcomed me as if i were an angel of god , as if i were christ jesus himself .
three years on , the result , called god on trial , airs on bbc2 early next month . as courtroom dramas go , the story has its drawbacks : the accused is not going to break down under cross - examination , or confess all in tears . on the other hand , as redhead pointed out , both the world trade centre attacks and the boxing day tsunami had seemed - in their different ways - to put god back on the world stage and raise again old questions about justice and suffering . the timing was right , but i wasn ' t sure about his choice of writer . nearly any other screenwriter in the country would have been only too happy to dawkins up some diatribe about the badness of god . but as a catholic , i ' m actually quite fond of him and felt uncomfortable about acting for the prosecution .
god on trial
is a complicated and challenging film to watch . frank cottrell boyce has crafted a brilliant script , which doesn ' t only look at why god would inflict such horrible things on the jews while allowing hitler and his henchmen to live . although specifically about jewish prisoners during world war ii , the film has universal appeal in the fundamental questions of existence that every human being has to ask , even minimally , at one point or other in his or her life .
1 . kill a hellhound and bathe in its blood . - achieved by sam winchester , in
trial and error
.
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with contempt , but you received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
and even though my illness was a trial to you , you did not treat me with contempt or scorn . instead , you welcomed me as if i were an angel of god , as if i were christ jesus himself .
the director andy de emmony ( kenneth williams : fantabulosa ! ) heightened the tension by recording the trial in 20 - minute takes , and by shooting scenes from several angles at once . ‘andy was filming with three cameras , ’ says sher , ‘which were semi - hidden among the extras on the bunk beds . he wanted to create a sense of eavesdropping on the trial and , with the three cameras , the actors had to commit totally all the time because , regardless of who was speaking , you didn’t know whether you were on camera . ’
he began spending time alone and became quiet and withdrawn . he added a number of unusual posts on facebook , including quotes from megadeth lyrics , quotes from the bible and ramblings on reincarnation .
people want god , why ?
she writes ,
because they want something . what people
that they are wonderful , riveting and at times difficult to watch is no surprise , and if their utter britishness - - no attempts at other european accents here - - is a bit jarring at first , it is soon forgotten . for although the various arguments made during
god on trial
never deviate from the specific concerns of the chosen people , larger questions crowd the drama ' s edges like the silent , rapt men who follow the trial from their bunks .
galatians 4 : 14 and although my illness was a trial to you , you did not despise me or reject me . instead , you welcomed me as if i were an angel of god , as if i were christ jesus himself .
the film opens , however , in modern times , as a tour group moves through auschwitz . this allows the story to be introduced , but more important , it instantly grounds the modern viewer in the particular horror of the place .
god on trial
focuses on the emotional and philosophical rather than the physical brutality of the death camp , but even a glimpse of the eerie , haunting museum it has become provides the necessary sensual outrage .
is his breach of contract habitual ?  asks baumgarten . are you defending god or attacking him ?
the professional atheists publishing today want us to believe that there is no god because the god of the bible is not good as they understand goodness . but one does not necessarily follow from the other . what if there is a god , and he is simply beyond good and evil ? who hasnt seen the suffering of a child or an elderly parent and said , if only i had the power . . . .  but god does have the power . wouldnt most of us have mercy on the most vulnerable¯the very young and the very old ? cant it be argued persuasively , as rabbi akiba goes on to do , that we have a higher sense of justice in our hearts than does this god we jews and christians worship ?
documents say one of the first officers on the scene described a “large amount of blood and carnage . ”
so take courage , men , for i believe god that it will happen just as he told me . …
you despised not , nor rejected : but received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
asked :
where is god ?
and she responds ,
the answer is , there is none .
evidently , she has no need for a god ,
says the rev . charles norris , pastor of
i die the king ' s good servant , and god ' s first .
- - thomas more
“i didn’t enjoy killing at all . i said sorry , but the son of god was controlling me . ”
i found a really nice lady at a bridal expo to do my wedding day makeup . i had a mini trial at the expo and it was pretty good so i booked in a full trial . and omg it was terrible ! to the point that i had had to find another person and pay more !
french court is due to rule on tuesday on whether france ' s closer magazine should pay up to €1 . 5 million ( £1 . 4m ) in damages to the duke and duchess of cambridge for violating her privacy .
even though my condition put you to the test , you did not despise or reject me . on the contrary , you welcomed me as if i were an angel of god , or as if i were the messiah jesus .
do you know what a god who is not personal is ?  asks mordechai . weather . just weather .
larson , edward . 1998 . summer for the gods : the scopes trial and america ' s continuing debate over science and religion . cambridge : harvard university press .
though pleas are not entered in the german system , as groening’s trial on 300 , 000 counts of accessory to murder opened in april he told the court he felt a moral guilt for what he had done . he faces a possible three to 15 years in prison if convicted .
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again kuhn jumps to gods defense : you have denied god . what did it give you ? . . . there are many here who have denied god . . . . what did you gain ? . . . these educated boys say they saw a truth we did not see . but here they are . and all the same . . . facing death .
besides , he added , the trial was
hypocritical
as
the public and private lives of the royal couple are so closely linked as to be inseparable
.
basically , god built a series of tests , and when you ' ve done all three , you can slam the gates .
darwin , charles . 1860 . on the origin of species : by means of natural selection . new york : appleton .
the very thought of such a thing¯god in the dock¯rankles kuhn ( jack shepherd ) , an elderly defender of the faith . but not all agree . there is precedent in sacred history : abraham bargained with god ; jacob wrestled with an angel . even the name israel means he that striveth with god .  why not put a few pointed questions to the almighty , especially considering the circumstances ?
the girl , her younger sister and an 11 - year - old boy all testified during the trial . all were questioned by the ciboros , who acted as their own attorneys .
jesus makes the difference ,  i can hear a christian say . jesus is our god . jesus is the lens through which we must interpret old testament history¯and everything else about the human condition . jesus came to identify with our pain , our confusion , our disappointment , our fear¯even our frustration over the apparent unfairness of god . what was fair about the crucifixion ? jesus is the only answer to the questions asked at trial in auschwitz .
lamb of god singer randy blythe has announced an exhibition of his original photography at sacred gallery nyc in the soho neighborhood of manhattan .
you will have a difficult time simply walking away from this difficult drama . the performances are rich and moving but never overwrought or maudlin . rabbi akibas appraisal of gods goodness , delivered with such eloquence , intensity , and terrifying honesty by sir antony sher , is unlike anything you have seen or heard on television . the direction by andy de emmony is claustrophobic , immediate . you are given no choice but to be a juror in this trial
“he was so ill looking that the pediatrician on call was uncomfortable providing the resuscitative care that was necessary , ” white said .
although the subject of the guilt of god is universal , when it came to writing i confined myself to imagining this particular trial : the problems of setting up a court in a blockhouse , the kind of arguments that those men might have advanced . i focused on the covenant , god ' s special deal with the jewish people . i thought i was doing this to keep faith with the story - but maybe i was also doing it to distance it from my own spiritual life . the magic of stories , though , is that the more specific you are , the more universal they seem to get . the covenant turned out to be a really good way of talking about anyone who expects anything from god .
lamb of god frontman randy blythe has been indicted on manslaughter charges in the czech republic , according to the band’s manager , larry mazer . blythe faced charges tied to a 2010 incident in prague when a fan who repeatedly came onstage was pushed , fell and eventually died . blythe has also maintained that if he were to be charged , he would return to the czech republic to stand trial , and mazer confirmed blythe will defend himself in the case .
back in the blockhouse , moche ( dominic cooper ) , proposes convening a rabbinical court to determine whether god is guilty of neglecting his chosen people . the very idea of the court is blasphemous to kuhn ( jack shepherd ) , while his son mordechai ( rupert graves ) volunteers to be the chief prosecutor in the trial .
the notion of punishment is sidelined , and the concept of purgative suffering is introduced . god as surgeon : cutting but lovingly purifying his people .  didnt god use nebuchadnezzar as an agent of his wrath , only to bring his people back to jerusalem and restore the temple ?
the trials of god are a series of tests designed by god himself , in order to seal the gates of hell . the three trials involve bathing in hellhound blood , saving an innocent soul from hell , and curing a demon . during these trials the health of the one doing them rapidly decreases . according to castiel , sam ' s participation in the trials of god had affected him at a subatomic level .
“the torture , terror and sexual abuse that you inflicted on these children is disgusting , ” lucas county common pleas judge linda jennings told the ciboros in court . “what is additionally disgusting is the fact that you distorted the word of god for your own evil purpose . ”
and lo , god hath given thee all them that sail with thee ; that is , god had determined to save the whole ship ' s company for his sake , and in answer to his prayers , which he had been putting up for them ; the lord had heard him , and granted his request , and would save them all on his account : so sometimes god saves a nation , a city , a body of men , even of ungodly men , for the sake of a few that fear his name , who are among them .
sam is affected even worse by the trials and is left in a weakened state following the second trial to the point dean tries to leave him behind in
pac - man fever .
the trial of sir thomas more knight , lord chancellor of england , for high treason in denying ; the king ' s supremacy , may 7 , 1535 . the 26th of henry viii .
some argue that man is incapable of seeing the entirety of the universe as god does and that , accordingly , ours is not to question the ways of the supreme being . others contend that god is fundamentally cruel but that he has , at times ,
sided
with the jewish people . the fact that what would be known as the holocaust is occurring is evidence that , for now at least , god is no longer siding with the jews . still others contend that god is simply guilty of abandoning his people . a french scientist cites the existence of hundreds of millions of stars in the universe , each of which , perhaps , has its own solar system . do the inmates of the camp believe that , with all of that to tend to , god really pays minute attention to the events on one small ball of rock ?
saying , fear not , paul ; thou must stand before caesar : and lo , god hath granted thee all them that sail with thee .
“he didn’t have diabetes and she was going to prove the doctors wrong and made reference to god in our conversation , ” white told court .
during the five - day trial , jurors also heard from the bride , wedding guests and the defendant himself about how the evening of august 6 , 2016 unfolded at ellanor c . lawrence park .
weiss , who joined the trial as a co - plaintiff like many other holocaust survivors as allowed under german law , said she considered groening more than just a “small cog in the machine . ”
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for kuhn , it is a test . a test of our faith . the light of torah must be kept burning in dark times .  rather than examining god , they should be examining themselves , for sin . some jews have turned their back on the torah . they thought they knew better . . . they became socialists or zionists or capitalists or anarchists . god knows what . forgetting everything of the precious scriptures .
the father and son from toledo , ohio , were charged with multiple counts of rape , kidnapping and endangering children . they were convicted of all counts and sentenced friday following five days of jury trial .
saying : fear not , paul , thou must be brought before caesar ; and behold , god hath given thee all them that sail with thee .
saying , fear not , paul ; thou must stand before caesar ; and behold , god has granted to thee all those that sail with thee .
saying , fear not , paul ; thou must be brought before cesar : and lo , god hath given thee all them that sail with thee .
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and so the trial of god begins . the charge ? moche , the instigator , chimes in : are you blind ? murder ! collaboration !  the almighty is charged with the murder of his own people . he has broken the covenant . he had promised to drive israels enemies before her . he had promised that the throne of david would endure forever .
saying , fear not , paul ; thou must be brought before caesar : and , lo , god hath given thee all them that sail with thee .
saying , fear not , paul ; thou must be brought before caesar ; and , behold , god has given thee all those that sail with thee .
saying , fear not , paul ; you must be brought before caesar : and , lo , god has given you all them that sail with you .
saying , fear not , paul ; you must be brought before caesar : and , see , god has given you all them that sail with you .
and my temptation which was in my flesh you despised not , nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
and my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not , nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
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there are trials for locking up heaven . however , what these were never disclosed though kevin appeared to locate them on the angel tablet during sacrifice .
in order to understand the book of job we will have to wait till the end of days . only then god will give his final answer to us .
i really enjoyed this book . it was fascinating bedtime reading . it opened up the bible in ways in never imagined possible and deepened by faith in god .
and my affliction which was in my flesh ye did not despise , nor reject but ye received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
during the trial , held in an auschwitz dormitory hut the night before half the prisoners will be gassed , a disparate cast of characters – including a physicist , a law professor , a criminal and two rabbis – debate the charges levelled against god . in allowing the nazis to commit genocide , has he broken his covenant with the jewish people ? is the holocaust an act of purification , like noah’s flood ? or is it evidence , as writer and holocaust survivor primo levi argued , that god does not – indeed cannot – exist ?
this really is a groundbreaking book . robert sutherland , a lawyer , explains his theory that the old testament biblical book of job is about job taking god to court for not keeping his promises ( i . e . god promises to bless righteous people . ) for very many reasons i believe this theory makes sense . the book of job really is significant because it deals with one of modern atheism ' s great historical objections to faith in god - that the innocent suffer in a world that a good god has created . in my opinion this book explains clearly what the book of job meant in the cultural context in which it was written . sutherland uses these insights to clarify what it might mean to us today as well . one of the best books on job i have ever read .
forgot to log this from yesterday in theology . it’s alright but not really something ill watch again , brings up some good points on both sides though .
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schmidt bristles at the direction the discussion is taking . what of the pious jews in rabbi akibas village ? why would god punish the good jews as well as the reprobate ? again , kuhn can only see the issue as one of cause and effect : god is just , so we must have done something wrong !
former auschwitz prisoner and plaintiff irene weiss arrives for the trial of former german ss officer oskar groening at a courtroom in lueneburg , northern germany , wednesday july 1 , 2015 . ( ronny hartmann / pool photo via ap )
saying , ' fear not , paul . it behooves you to stand before caesar . and behold , god has granted to you all those sailing with you . '
saying , ' do not be afraid , paul . you must stand before caesar . and look , god has granted you all those who sail with you . '
saying , ‘do not be afraid , paul ; you must stand before caesar ; and behold , god has granted you all those who are sailing with you . ’
saying , ' don ' t be afraid , paul . you must stand before caesar . behold , god has granted you all those who sail with you . '
the long - lens images were spread across the front and inside pages of closer alongside an article about the pair with the headline
oh my god !
.
great piece of storytelling . i found the scenes in present day auschwitz with tourbusses and tourists to be clumsy , and misplaced . the scene in the gaschamber is quite interesting in its visual aesthetic but i feel like this film didn ' t really need it . being there among these man as the put their god / faith / reason to trial is a informative and fascinating experience in itself .
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1924 ( april ) . bulletin of the aaup , volume 10 . 213 - 219 , 255 - 259 .
at one point during the now - 14 - year - old girl’s testimony on tuesday , she told timothy ciboro to stop referring to himself as her dad .
but even though my physical condition was a great trial to you , you did not despise or reject me . instead , you received me as you would an angel from heaven ; you received me as you would christ jesus .
and my temptation which was in my flesh , . . . . the same with the infirmity of his flesh , and which was a trial of his faith and patience , and every other grace , as the afflictions of the saints be . the alexandrian copy , and some others , and the vulgate latin version read ,
your temptation in my flesh
; that which was a trial of them , whether they would receive him or not . this
matthew de grood , 24 , admitted in an agreed statement of facts read at the start of his first - degree murder trial that he stabbed his victims . but court heard he told police he didn’t take pleasure in it .
and he said , ‘do not be afraid , paul ; you must stand before caesar . and behold , god has granted you all those who sail with you . ’
saying , ' do not be afraid , paul ; you must stand before caesar ; and behold , god has granted you all those who are sailing with you . '
mr wiesel , 80 , made the story the subject of a 1977 play , the trial of god , although he did not set it during the holocaust - his play takes place during purim in 1649 . the story is the subject of a famous midrash , or biblical commentary . many people have assumed that the story was a way for those of faith to try to make sense of the holocaust .
but when the jc put their doubts to mr wiesel on wednesday , he replied :
why should they know what happened ? i was the only one there . it happened at night ; there were just three people . at the end of the trial , they used the word chayav , rather than ‘guilty ' . it means ‘he owes us something ' . then we went to pray .
in
taxi driver
, kevin deciphers the second trial :
rescue an innocent soul from hell and deliver it unto heaven .
sam and dean summon a crossroad demon for information on how to sneak into hell to perform this trial and then make a deal with rogue reaper ajay to get sam into hell . in the process , they learn old friend bobby singer is trapped in hell due to crowley and decide to rescue him . ajay gets sam into hell through a portal in purgatory , but crowley learns what they are up to and kills ajay to trap sam . sam rescues bobby from hell , but like crowley planned , they become trapped in purgatory . at the same time , kevin hides the rest of the tablet rather than working on the third trial out of fear of crowley and naomi reveals to dean how sam got to hell . finding ajay dead , dean calls upon his vampire friend benny lafitte to die so he can go into purgatory and get sam and bobby out . benny agrees and rescues sam and bobby from vampires . sam carries bobby ' s soul out of purgatory in his arm while benny stays behind to hold off more vampires . on earth , sam attempts to release bobby ' s soul into heaven , but is blocked by crowley who recaptures the soul . naomi appears , drives crowley off and releases bobby ' s soul from crowley ' s spell , allowing him to ascend to heaven and completing the second trial .
and said , ‘do not be afraid , paul ; you must stand before caesar . and look , god has granted you the lives of all who sail with you . ’
and that which was a temptation to you in my flesh ye despised not , nor rejected ; but ye received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
adding to an already busy year , the singer’s memoir dark days : my tribulations and trials will be published by perseus / da capo books in the united states in july . the book recounts how blythe was arrested for the death of lamb of god fan daniel nosek , 19 , who died of head injuries after falling from the stage while lamb of god was performing in prague in 2010 . the band didn’t even know blythe had been charged with manslaughter until he was arrested when the act returned to prague in june 2012 for another performance . after being incarcerated for nearly 40 days , he was released on bail . despite being advised by legal counsel not to return to the czech republic to stand trial , blythe did so anyhow . he was eventually acquitted .
the duke and duchess of cambridge were on the terrace of a private chateau in provence owned by viscount linley , the queen ' s nephew , when they were photographed .
de grood’s lawyer , allan fay , pleaded not guilty on his client’s behalf . fay told reporters he plans to argue his client was not criminally responsible for the killings .
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in a universe presumably ruled by a benevolent , all - powerful god , how can events such as the holocaust possibly come to pass ? this is the question posed by a group of inmates in auschwitz , the third reich ' s most notorious death camp , in this reflective war drama written by frank cottrell boyce ( millions , code 46 ) , and directed by andy deemmony ( filth : the mary whitehouse story ) . realizing that their extermination is imminent , the prisoners attempt to make sense of their fate by putting god on trial . how is it that the deity they call the almighty could abandon his chosen people in their hour of need ? as the sound of prisoners being marched to the gas chambers drifts hauntingly through the walls , the trial gets underway . the questions posed during the inquest are profoundly difficult and deeply complex , and as the hour draws near when they , too , will face death at the hands of their captors , the thoughtful prisoners finally reach a verdict . ~ jason buchanan , rovi
and said , ' do not be afraid , paul ! you must stand before caesar , and god has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you . '
that which was a temptation to you in my flesh , you didn ' t despise nor reject ; but you received me as an angel of god , even as christ jesus .
there is much to learn from the story of how the head of one of the most revered men in england , sir thomas more , ended up on the chopping block on london ' s tower hill in 1535 . few people in history have faced their trials and deaths as squarely , calmly , and with as much integrity as did more .
is the reading of the best manuscripts , and , as the more difficult one , was the one most likely to be tampered with ; it is accordingly accepted by recent editors with great unanimity .
my trial
would add to the sentence a tinge of pathetic self - commiseration .
your trial
brings out the sentiment how greatly his affliction would be likely to indispose his hearers to listen to his message ; it
tested
very severely the sincerity and depth of their religious sensibility .
“a fourth male victim was found lying in a fetal position on a couch while a male kept pressure to the wound to his neck . this victim was also deceased . ”
it is here that science , reason , takes the stand in the person of jacques , a physicist who accuses his fellow prisoners of being childish . is it reasonable to believe that the same god who created hundreds of millions of stars has focused his attention only on one little planet ? and not even on one planet ? no , just with the jews .  jacques introduces a brief sociology of religion . from polytheism to monotheism to monomania : its all about power . and you have lost . someone had a better idea . hitler had the idea . there is one god¯and it is me . . . . i ask you to look at things not like babies , but like men . use your reason .
it ' s a bit silly but quite fun , in a jolly , frothy kind of way . life on mars basically , but going back a bit further - so lacy frocks and the aforementioned bulging breeches instead of flares and brown leather jackets , tinkling pianos instead of bowie , and the crunch of carriage wheel on gravel instead of the screech of a cornering mark 1 cortina . life on mars for girls , in other words , because it is a truth universally acknowledged that women like jane austen better than what fellas do .
during the holocaust , a group of auschwitz prisoners decided to put god in the dock . when frank cottrell boyce wrote a film about it , he began to question his own catholic faith
and said , ' stop being afraid , paul ! you must stand before the emperor . indeed , god has given to you the lives of everyone who is sailing with you . '
and he said ,
' dismiss all fear , paul , for you must stand before caesar ; and god has granted you the lives of all who are sailing with you . '
and my temptation , which [ was ] in my flesh , ye did not slight nor reject with contempt ; but ye received me as an angel of god , as christ jesus .
the camps tried to reduce individuals to components in a project . in the end , they did that literally . what good stories do is the opposite . they say the human is irreducible . tobias wolff has described the story of the prodigal son as
surely the most beautiful thing ever written
. no one hears it without feeling the conflict between the need to do right by the eldest son , and the need to express the overwhelming love you feel for the lost one , now returned . the father is nothing without the son . that contradiction is crucial . i ' m hoping that god on trial is a mirror image of that story . only this time it was god who seemed to go away , and people who - inexplicably perhaps - were prepared to rush out to welcome him back .