Brett McCracken is a senior editor of The Gospel Coalition, overseeing content related to culture and the arts, and his favorite art form is film. Brett isn’t just a self made cinephile, he studied film at UCLA.
Brett has a wide breadth of cinema theory and history, and he brings this experience to his criticism and analysis of films, and provides Christian filmmakers some unique ways of understanding film that just might stretch our approach to our craft.
This is part 2 of my interview with Brett McCracken, senior editor of The Gospel Coalition, who oversees the content related to culture and the arts. Brett is a Wheaton grad, and has a degree from UCLA in Cinema and Media studies.
In this episode, Brett and I talk about our shared love for the films of Terrence Malick, and how his work demonstrates, what Brett calls, a sacred aesthetic. What is a sacred aesthetic and how can filmmakers reach for this. Brett also provides some helpful advice for young filmmakers.