Tea at Trianon: Catholic Film Lists

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Friday, February 2, 2007

Catholic Film Lists

With the help of Georgette, I have compiled three Amazon.com lists of films with Catholic spirituality.

Here is one of Contemporary Films:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/richpub/listmania/fullview/R2NB4G1U20JIWO/ref=cm_lm_pthnk_view/102-7481953-2177728?ie=UTF8&lm%5Fbb=

A Classic Film list:

http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Films-with-Catholic-Spirituality/lm/R69NQRHC08D1I/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/102-7481953-2177728

A Foreign Film list:

http://www.amazon.com/Foreign-Films-with-Catholic-Themes/lm/R11IRJYEP9ADG7/ref=cm_lm_byauthor_title_full/102-7481953-2177728

I will add these to the sidebar with the Amazon.com lists of novels. Share

5 comments:

elena maria vidal said...: Thanks, Georgette! Most of the suggestions came from your site!; February 3, 2007 at 8:07:00 AM EST
Anonymous said...: I look forward to viewing these films. I vividly remember seeing "The Song of Bernadette" one day while home sick from school. I remember my mother weeping at the end. A very moving film.; February 3, 2007 at 2:18:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: Oh, I still cry at the end of the "Song of Bernadette," too! There were a lot more films I wanted to add, but not enough space....; February 3, 2007 at 7:14:00 PM EST
Anonymous said...: Elena:
This is marvelous! so many wonderful ones I have seen and many to add to my list! thank you.; February 8, 2007 at 11:58:00 PM EST
elena maria vidal said...: You're welcome, Suzanne! Thanks for stopping by!!; February 9, 2007 at 7:41:00 AM EST