By Amanda Pizzolatto … Before Frank Capra could open “The Greatest Gift”, he would journey with “The Man from Montana”. Before staying in Bedford Falls, there was a trip to Washington D.C. Before there was George Bailey, there was Jefferson Smith.
Forty years ago, the story of how Jack and Lily endangered and then rescued the last two unicorns from the Lord of the Underworld brought an elegantly simple wisdom to the silver screen. This essay explores how the love that unites Jack and Lily resonates with the quest for transcendent light described by Boethius in his Consolation of Philosophy…
By Anthony Cirilla