Through A Glass Darkly

One of my favorite movies ever was The Big Kahuna. [This is not an advertisement for the film. In areas such as this, one needs to make their own decisions based on your conscience as it is informed by God and His word. - Rom 14  In this particular movie, there is extremely bad language.] I found a clip of my favorite scene from the movie and in fact, it may be my favorite scene from any movie! There is so much to be said about this 5 min. of script…some good and some not so good. But, what a great scene. Bob is the typical, zealous evangelical fundamentalist with a whole lot of naivete swirling around in his little world. Danny Devito’s character (Phil), is a man whose wife has left him and who is facing the real questions of human existence. Another character (not shown in this clip) is actor Kevin Spacey (Larry). These three guys are salesmen working for the same company sent to get the “big sale”…”The Big Kahuna.” The movie takes place almost entirely in one hotel room with a continual dialogue between these three men.

This scene takes place just after Bob and Larry have gotten into a fight over Bob’s continual insistence and forceful presentations of the “gospel” which Larry refuses to find inspiring. Phil then proceeds to give some “advice” to Bob. So here is the scene.