Excellent as always— however, I think Stillman’s view of religion is more optimistic than it initially appears. While in the hospital, the two Spanish girls (aurora and greta, I think), constantly pray for Ted’s recovery. Fred says a prayer and Ted awakens from his coma, comically dismissive of Fred’s prayer. Nonetheless, I think there is real symbolism here. God is still working in history even if contemporary man is too vain to realize.
Excellent as always— however, I think Stillman’s view of religion is more optimistic than it initially appears. While in the hospital, the two Spanish girls (aurora and greta, I think), constantly pray for Ted’s recovery. Fred says a prayer and Ted awakens from his coma, comically dismissive of Fred’s prayer. Nonetheless, I think there is real symbolism here. God is still working in history even if contemporary man is too vain to realize.
I agree: it's the kind of portrayal that a writer or director sensitive to providence would set up.