The World on Act One

Last updated on: August 29, 2005 at 6:37 pm by Barbara Nicolosi

The World on Act One 2005-08-29T18:37:00-06:00 Barbara Nicolosi

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Here is yet another two-piece article on Act One, and specifically the book we have coming out. This one is from the Christian magazine World. Some new quotes in there from the usual collection of Christian Hollywood suspects: Karen Covell, Ralph Winter, Scott Derrickson, Leo Partible, etc.

Here’s the snip in the first part with me in it…

But why would a Christian want to work in the film industry? The people WORLD talked to and the contributors to Behind the Screen exhibit particular talents that they see as gifts of God. They see their work as a Christian vocation.

That Christians are needed in Hollywood should be self-evident. The media world is at the heart of contemporary culture, shaping the imagination and the moral sensibilities not only of America but the whole world.

But in Hollywood overnight success is the exception, not the rule. Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ set box-office records yet came about, as Ms. Nicolosi points out, after 30 years of experience in the movie industry for Mr. Gibson, a decade after winning an Oscar for Braveheart, 15 years after his conversion, and after 10 years of creative struggle. “There will be no other Passions,” she said, “without other Mel Gibsons to bring them along.”

This is why Act One is dedicated to helping Christians first master the craft. Ms. Nicolosi calls for more “happy, well-catechized believers in the entertainment industry.” But she emphasized that “Christians in entertainment don’t have to be always talking about God. They should be talking about everything in a godly way.”

The second half of the article can be found here.

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