A knight returning home from the Crusades gets into a chess match with Death. Ingmar Bergman's most famous film, The Seventh Seal, is a searing meditation on death, faith, and the silence of God. But it's far more colorful and entertaining than you might expect from that description.

James and Thomas are joined by Irish journalist Ruadhan Jones as they try to figure out whether The Seventh Seal is basically nihilistic, and why it might have been included on the Vatican film list under the category of "Values". Ruadhan offers some thoughts on the Marian dimension he believes is missing from Bergman's approach to faith.

Watch discussion on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RoM6B0Vaz50

Links

Ruadhan Jones https://twitter.com/ruadhanj

The Catholic Index https://thecatholicindex.wordpress.com/home/

Music is The Duskwhales, "Take It Back", used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com/

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