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Life & Faith of C.S. Lewis, The

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By Ian Gordon Malcomson HALL OF FAME TOP 10 REVIEWER
This is one very fine documentary that looks at the making of the C. S. Lewis legacy as a Christian writer and apologist in the 20th century. It consists of a series of well-connected commentaries by experts and friends committed to giving us a clearer understanding of Lewis' life as a boy, man, author, husband, and Christian. I like this film for the simple reason that it effectively explores how Lewis evolved intellectually in his efforts to understand who God was in his life. As a scholar, Lewis, early in life, chose to immerse himself in the arcane world of medieval myth, with all its romantic notions of chivalry and heroism, as his way of dealing with personal disappointments. He reluctantly but wonderfully found a way to reconnect with the world around him by becoming a Christian in the nineteen thirties. Lewis remade himself as a very popular figure in English literature only because he was able to take the abstract world he had fled to and convert it into an everyday set of experiences through the use of literary invention, namely, the world of Narnia. Through this creation, the reader gets to see how this writer was able to show how Christ and the great spiritual realm beyond has entered into our lives to make its very real claim on our earthly lives. For Lewis, as explained in this film, God is coming to us to make Himself known in the hopes of establishing an eternal relationship that has all kinds of heroic implications such as rescuing us from ourselves and making us fit for Heaven. What better entry point for that message than through the creative ability of children to imagine the existence of that bigger world that contains the likes of God (Aslan) and Screwtape (the Devil) in mortal combat for the souls of mankind. This documentary serves to highlight those events in the Lewis timeline where his view of God becomes enlarged to include periods of joy, grief, contentment and apprehension.
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Amazon.com: 4.2 out of 5 stars  6 reviews
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Truly Excellent Biographical Documentary. Nov 27 2009
By R. E. de Leon - Published on Amazon.com
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For those who want to learn more about the man behind the words, this is one of the two best CS Lewis biographical documentaries I've seen, and is the one easier to purchase (the other being the documentary they attached to the Extended Edition of the Disney film version of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe). It is also the less emotional in approach, which makes it better suited to someone who wants the basic facts about Lewis' life and wants to see a documentary that doesn't take an emotionally loaded approach. If you already have that documentary, don't hesitate to purchase this one, as it provides a different type of enjoyment. I feel entirely comfortable watching one after the other.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Generally good biography of CS Lewis Oct 8 2010
By JAG 2.0 - Published on Amazon.com
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This is a generally good biography of C.S. Lewis, probably the greatest Christian writer and apologist of the 20th century.

The DVD is very well made with excellent cinematography, enlightening interviews with family members and others, good musical scores and excellent narration by Ben Kingsley.

The DVD does a good job of tracing Lewis's life from the childhood loss of his mother and subsequent life in cruel boarding schools, his early academic achievements, his service in WWI, his conversion to Christianity with the assistance of fellow Oxford dons including JRR Tolkein as well as his relationship and marriage to Joy Davidman. The DVD shows Lewis as a brilliant writer and thinker who was always frank and honest about his early atheism, his conversion and subsequent faith in Christ.

Although the DVD is very well made and approaches the life of CS Lewis as a whole in a methodical fashion, I only gave this DVD 3 stars. The video, at one point, makes the spurrious suggestion that Lewis may have had an affair with Mrs. Moore, the mother of a fallen comrade who died in the trenches of WWI. Lewis had made a pact with "Paddy" Moore that if one did not survive combat, the other would take care of the family of the one who died. I felt it unseemly to make this suggestion for which there was absolutely no evidence whatsoever.

Although well made, I give it only three stars and would, instead, recommend "C.S. Lewis: Beyond Narnia" available here on Amazon in preference. It is a far superior video.
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4.0 out of 5 stars C.S. Lewis Tribute Oct 30 2009
By J. Pawlicki - Published on Amazon.com
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Somewhat disappointed in this DVD of Lewis's life. Never knew that there are no Known images of him on film. Great man and I love all of his books except the sci-fi series.
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