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DVD Review: The Last Sin Eater
By DEBORAH MOODY
Augusta Focus Staff Writer
The Last Sin Eater takes
place in Appalachia in the
mid-19th century, where
recent immigrants have still
maintained their Scottish
accents and Celtic religious
beliefs, including the idea of
the Sin Eater, an outcast
from society whose job is to
take on all the sins of those
who die. During a funeral,
the Sin Eater, whose long
black hooded robe gives him
a Grim Reaper-like appear
ance, mysteriously surfaces
from isolation and eats a
piece of bread and drinks
from a container that have
been laid out on the body,
thus absorbing all that per
son’s sins and allowing him
or her to move on to a peace
ful afterlife.
The film’s heroine is a little
girl named Cadi (Liana
Liberato) who seeks out the
Sin Eater despite his outsider
position (villagers are not
even allowed to look at him
when he enters the cemetery
during a funeral) because she
bears a heavy weight of guilt
that she hopes he can take
from her. The exact nature of
her sin is kept hidden for a
good portion of the film, but
we know it has somehow
driven a wedge berween her
and her parents (A.J. Buckley
and Elizabeth Lackey). Cadi
asks for the help of both an
elderly woman in the village
(Louise Fletcher) and « a
young boy named Fagan
(Soren Fulton), whose cruel
father, Brogan Kai (Stewart
Finlay-McLennan), is their
village’s unofficial leader.
Cadi does eventually find
the Sin Earter, but he is
unable to help her for reasons
that she at first does not
understand. She is eventually
lead to truth from a traveling
evangelist (Henry Thomas),
who has taken up residence
by a river near the village for
the purpose of proclaiming
the Word of God to anyone
who will hear him. Not sur
prisingly, initially it is chil
dren, Cadi and Fagan, who
are open to his message. The
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problem - my ex
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and on until we broke up
in January. It hurc me
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evangelist’s very presence
angers Brogan, who has a
stake in maintaining the vil
lage’s religious status quo,
especially as it relates to the
Sin Eater. As the film pro
gresses, it becomes clear the
entire Sin Eater enterprise is a
sham, a spiritual fake that has
been set up for personal and
political reasons. :
The Last Sin Eater was co
produced by Daystar
Television, a quickly growing
Christian TV network,
which is usually a sign that it
will only be of interest to
those Christians who believe
Music, Literature, Theatre, Books,
TV, Dance, Film, Entertainment
to get back with me. I
am currently dating my
baby’s father (the one I'm
pregnant by now). Now
I dont know who I want
to be with. I love my ex
boyfriend a lot but I am
trying to.make this rela
tionship with my baby’s
father work cause I want
him to be there for my
baby. Miss Monique
please help me who
that the only acceprable
entertainment is entertain
ment that gives a sermon.
Such associations also usually
signal a low budger and lack
of artistry, as too many
Christian movies feel that
good intentions far outweigh
the need for artistic creativity
and quality.
However, director Michael
Landon Jr. (son of the
Highway to Heaven star) has
a notable visual awareness.
He allows his camera to cap
ture the natural beauty of the
Appalachian mountains and
gives the scenes involving the
Sin Eater an appearance of
expressive horror. The screen
play by Brian Bird and
Landon Jr. (based on the
novel by Francine Rivers)
finds a workable balance
between the story’s inherent
intrigue and its fundamental
message about Christian sal
vation without letting one
overwhelm the other. To be
sure, the film will play well to
the Christian audience—it
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Dear Missy,
How should I put
this.....should I come
right out and be honest
or should I beat around
the bush? Let me think
about it and stress the
fact that this advice letter
is probably the easiest
one I have had to answer
all year. Not to mention
the fact that the fantastic
Rapper’s son
found dead
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities say
the son of hip-hop artist KRS-One
was found dead in his Adanta apart
ment in an apparent suicide. The
Fulton County Medical Examiner’s
Office says 23-year-old Randy
Hubbard Parker died of a gunshot
wound to the head. Parker’s mother,
Simone G. Parker, says in a statement
from New York that he suffered a
long battle with depression. He was
found Friday.
Parker was a graphic designer and
fashion entrepreneur seeking
employment in Adanta. His family
said a private memorial service will
be held on July 18th, which would
have been his 24th birthday.
A memorial service in New York,
where Parker was born, is scheduled
for August.
KRS-One is a rap pioneer whose
hits include “Criminal Minded,”
“Black Cop,” and “The Bridge is
Over.”
Page11
editor at the Augusta
print such a small col
umn...so we thank you
for making our job easy,
Missy. '
Now to answer your
question, which one you
should be widh?
NOBODY! You need to
be with by yourself, so
you can keep your legs
~ Sec Monique,page 12