Sabina Holtby - Cold Fever

I have a strong reaction to the medium of film. I get entranced as the images dance across the screen. I also begin to identify very strongly with the characters. I would like to relate how I reacted to the film Cold Fever. I am prone to anxiety, I am at least a little bit afraid all the time, while I was watching the film I felt my fear creep up and cloud my thinking. The man was on a journey for peace. While watching the film I made a list of all the things that would make me the most happy that I could be, the list contained things like a green grass, bright colors, warmth, and a knowledge of God’s presence. I found that these things all had a direct connection to the film. I found myself being angry with the journey that this man was taking thinking that it was a foolish way to find peace. My ideas of peace were so different from this man’s and I felt angry that I could not offer anything to the world; I felt that my views on peace and wholeness were so elementary that they were foolish and not useful. I struggle with my strong personal reactions to films. I feel that they speak into my life, they show me people who I will never see, I want to know the people and I want what I see to fit into what I know, but especially in this class that has not been possible, challenging me to broaden my worldview and strengthen my faith in God, and his sovereignty and his wholeness. He created the world as a whole place that all fits together.