The short film, Jesus Was A Commie, proposes a thought provoking idea that Jesus was a communist. By making this statement the filmmakers are proposing that Jesus believes that everyone deserves to live a life without having to resort to begging for money etc. However, I personally believe that the word communist has negative connotations attached to it and usually brings up thoughts of dictatorships and totalitarian governments rather than socialistic type of societies which is essentially what Jesus supposedly believed in according to the film.
Disregarding the films message, the actual film making complemented the films message and voice-over extremely well. The film depicts a guy walking through the city passing buildings and homeless people with images interspersed throughout. By showing himself walking the filmmaker shows how small and rather inconsequential each person is in the world and how everyone is interrelated and of equal importance in Jesus' and God's eyes.
The film is not attempting to force people to become communist it is rather asking for people to think about how Jesus' would act and look at the world with a new perspective. I believe that the films message is a bit off and too idealistic, especially with its choice of viewing Jesus as a communist. However, the filming is smart and a great image in addition to the lecture type of voice-over accompanying it.
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