Awe
- An overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like.
It’s good sometimes to be reminded of the world outside our own awareness ~ there is magnitude surrounding us, some for our good, some not. As Shakespeare (ahem, de Vere) wrote, “There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.” Indeed. Following are excellent explorations of people encountering realities far beyond the ordinary.
Examples of Awe in Film
- A Beautiful Mind
- A Bronx Tale
- Alien
- All the President’s Men
- Anonymous
- Apollo 13
- Born to Be Wild
- Cast Away
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Contact
- Inception
- Knowing
- Man on Wire
- Moonstruck
- My Week with Marilyn
- Never Let Me Go
- Red Dragon
- Rock Star
- Scrooge
- Seven
- Shattered Glass
- Signs
- Splice
- State and Main
- The Day After Tomorrow
- The Edge
- The Lord of the Rings
- The Matrix
- The Perfect Storm
- The Road
- The Silence of the Lambs
- The Third Miracle
- Titanic
“awe.” Dictionary.com Unabridged. 18 Dec. 2011. <Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/awe>.
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Back from a seriously scary health relapse in mid-October and returning to action. Kudos to my patient friends and colleagues, you're the best. New programs and more unrolling this year, here's to 2012!
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