Interview with Corbin
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Corbin Bernsen
skippytjd — 10 years ago(December 04, 2015 10:21 AM)
A candid interview with Corbin about his recent work and personal journey, along with a deconstruction of Arnie Becker.
http://theswervemagazine.com/Corbin_Bernsen_Steel_City_Con_Pittsburgh_The_Swerve_Magazine.html -
moviemouse87 — 9 years ago(May 24, 2016 08:25 PM)
From the article:
"Are you a Christian filmmaker? Sure, absolutely, why not? It led me on a sort of journey where I have been exploring my faith and exploring God. Getting outside of the politically correct and incorrect conversations about God, and the extreme sides, and really understanding what role faith plays in our lives. What is God? What is the bigger meaning and all that? Perfectly in line for a guy who did a lot of acid in the 60s.
Well, that's a fairly confusing statement, considering that Bernsen was born in late 1954. Or was he talking about some role he played (or plans to portray in future) where the character was/is older? If so, the context wasn't very clear.
I also found this part interesting:
If you make a faith-based movie and you're out selling it, do you go out and do some slasher movie that is without moral purpose or without explanation? Maybe not. I think that it's important when you are trying to explore things, and people are confused, you don't make them more confused.
All too many actors and actresses (movie producers, too) have done that; and he's right, it IS confusingespecially to people who haven't yet established a solid foundation for their worldview and value systems. It shouldn't be about "selling it"; but what a person feels is true, important and reflective of what will make the world (in the long-run "big picture" way) a better place. Otherwise you just reveal that money is your only real priority/concern in life; and that's pretty shallowno matter where your philosophical or political views lie.
That doesn't mean that at the right time, I can't explore that. That's all part of it, that's the night, the fear that creeps in. You can't say it doesn't exist. What is evil? It's certainly part of who we are, and worthy of exploring.[]
I kind of relate this to the detective TV series and some of the roleplay adventure games that I "explore" on occasion. Evil exists, it's in the world; and it's not going anywhere any time soon until all things are restored. Truth and justice are aspects of God's character (although admittedly, obviously not very popular ones, if contemporary theology is any indication); and someone, at least in the real world has to clean up the mess.
But overall this overarching emphasis on "exploring" does seem to indicate that Bernsen himself is still not finished searching. Too bad that apparently he didn't take more away from some of those indie projects he participated in. He did seem to get it at that time. I won't say I'm not disappointed with the way he chose to express himself during parts of the interview; and the way he appears to have broadened (I realize this will be perceived as a positive thing to a majority of his fans) his perception of faith and moral issues (some of which touch on politics) to encompass principles incompatible with a basic biblical worldview. I honestly thought (hoped) he had gotten past that type of pseudo-inclusivity.
Is it possible that this "Swerve Magazine" may have gotten some parts of this interview misquoted or otherwise out-of-context? I'm not at all familiar with the publication; so without spending time reviewing their site and article base, I don't know what their general focus or purpose might be.
"There are two principles of atheism: one - there is no God, and two - I hate Him."
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