Christof Wolf, S.J., will visit Loyola Marymount University to lead the conversation “Storytelling, Self-Knowledge and Authenticity,” and discuss how movies help us understand ourselves The discussion takes place Thursday, Oct. 17, from 4-6 p.m. in the Marymount Institute in University Hall 3002, as part of the Visiting Jesuit Scholar Lecture.
“When we want to tell other people something about ourselves, we tell our story,” said Wolf. “Because the telling of stories is not just for story time, but is linked to an existential experience for us, namely our own biography, through a variety of references, we find other people’s stories particularly exciting when they open windows to show us perspectives that we would hardly have dared to discover on our own.”
Two films of special significance to Wolf are the “The Matrix,” by Lana and Lilly Wachowski, and “The Truman Show,” by Peter Weir. Wolf encourages staff, faculty, and students to attend this lecture. He said it will help people understand why good films have strong appeals and how Ignatian Spirituality has worked in his life.
