Hannah Long – The Night of the Hunter

Is ‘The Night of the Hunter’ a Christmas movie about spiritual warfare? Brent talks to Hannah Long about the classic 1955 movie starring Robert Mitchum and Lillian Gish and directed by Charles Laughton. Hannah is a passionate cinephile.  She writes cultural commentary and film criticism for a number of publications including ‘The Dispatch’, ‘Angelus News’, ‘American Consequences’ and ‘American Cinema Production’. Hannah’s article ‘Why the Night of the Hunter is a Christmas Movie’ is published In ‘First Things’.       (1:05) What is ‘The Night of the Hunter’? (5:30) A Christmas movie; (7:35) The movie and spiritual warfare; (10:30) Why has the movie been seen as ‘anti-Christian’? (12:45) The culture of Appalachia; (17:30) Robert Mitchum; (20:15) Evil as both powerful and ridiculous; (23:30) What the movie has to say about children; (26:30) Apples. Links mentioned in this episode: /www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2024/01/why-the-night-of-the-hunter-is-a-christmas-movie letterboxd.com/hannah_long/films/ Leave some feedback: What should we talk about? Please let us know in the comments. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please give us a rating and leave a short review. Connect with us: [email protected] godsstorypodcast.com Become a Supporter: If you’d like to help us make more great episodes like this one, please consider becoming a Patreon supporter. For as little as $5 a month, you’ll receive early access to new episodes plus bonus episodes and other goodies from time to time, and our undying gratitude. patreon.com/godsstorypodcast Thanks to our sponsors, Liquid Edge Creative who take care of the technical stuff behind the scenes.