TRAILERS

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Still one of my favorite books, I've been excited to see the film adaptation for a long time now. I was part of the kickstarter campaign that funded this and I wish I could make it to SXSW this year.

Jertown on Feb 21, 2012

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Looks interesting. I thought it might appear like sappy melodrama at first, but I'd say I was wrong. Then again, I was wrong about all the sexes of my kids, so I'd say being wrong is only natural for me.

Quanah on Feb 21, 2012

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I met Jesus once in my dreams, he looked a bit like the image I made below. This looks funny, all the actors are good too. Good to see a film about Christians that doesn't involve them wielding machine guns for a change. Praise the Lordy.

Castle von Crapola-stein on Feb 21, 2012

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I've long been a fan of just about anything Steve Taylor has been involved in. It's is an "other year" in my every other SxSW trips, but this is making the trip even more tempting... The trailer does ask the right question.. Is this gonna get weird?

Brian Layman on Feb 22, 2012

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There's a new trailer on http://www.bluelikejazzthemovie.com/  It erases all doubt I had about this movie.  It looks really good now...

Brian Layman on Feb 24, 2012

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Really excited for this movie. Look here for more behind the scenes discussions with Steve Taylor and Donald Miller. http://www.relevantmagazine.com/bluelikejazz/behind-the-scenes

thelastormsbee on Feb 29, 2012

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I am excited about this film for two reasons. I love the book and I love just about everything Steve Taylor has ever done to help the culture and church connect.

HumbleORadio on Mar 1, 2012

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Steve Taylor was a fun and interesting Christian pop sensation in the 80's.  Like most of the artists in his genre, he was very outspoken against gay rights and most other liberal moral and political positions.  At one point however, during a concert I saw him in in '86, he announced that he believed that AIDS was not God's punishment against homosexuals... Perhaps this was a first step in disavowing his bitter, right-wing views?  I certainly hope so.  People can change positions in a big way without throwing out the baby with the bathwater.  I sure did.  Would love to become a Taylor fan again, but would need some kind of public apology for me to gain any respect for him after the hateful statements he used to make. In any case, this trailer makes me want to go see the film, which I hope for everyone's sake, including Taylor's, is really stankin' good. 

Ektomorf on Mar 22, 2012

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Interesting... Are you sure you've got the right guy? I've been to probably a dozen Steve Taylor concerts mostly in the mid to late eighties. I don't remember him being outspoken against gay rights.  I can't remember him saying anything either way on it, though him speaking out against the idea of aids being a punishment is consistent with his messages.  I guess memories have a different flavor for everyone. I will say that most of his songs were very critical of "bitter right wing views". From "We don't need no color code", a direct rebuttal to Jerry Falwell racial positions, to "Jenny", which ends with the discovery of Jenny's body after she took a gun to her own head believing she was no longer accepted at home after becoming pregnant trying to escape her home life, he was very out spoken about course corrections he believed should be made to the popular church views.  This movie doesn't seem to be an exception to this message, but a culmination in another medium.

Brian Layman on Apr 10, 2012