Even if we personally avoid the movie industry products, those products will have an ongoing impact on both the dreams and the fears of our culture. However uncomfortable we may be with what movies represent, we will be influenced by them because we are surrounded by their impact. If you doubt it, consider what you read on the backs of breakfast cereal boxes, the toys your grandchild wants for Christmas, the music taught in schools, and the televised versions of movies that fill some of your own evenings. ... Is it not a Christian responsibility to study the cinema and to use it to advantage?