| | Jacob's Ladder (1990) - A Hollywood Jesus visual film review. |
 | | Jacob is a man torn from his life suddenly and violently, he doesn't have the luxury of old age to reminisce, postulate and ultimately arrive at closure, as we are all supposed to do in this life, he must make decisions quickly and correctly, this is the struggle we see in him. |
 | | Jacob is trying to come to terms with the events of his life: the death of his son, an affair with Jezebel - which is probably the reason for the demise of his marriage - and the effects of the ladder. |
 | | You may find that "Jacob's Ladder" resonates much more powerfully when it is taken in a philosophical/spiritual context rather than simply watching it and understanding it in terms of what is presented on the screen and what can be most easily interpolated, i.e., that the movie is in some ways a parable. |
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