I just saw an amazing short film on EWTN.
It was an animated film aimed at kids, but DUers would definitely appreciate it. It was set in Jesus' time. It was about the owner of a vineyard. He had reputation for growing and selling the finest grapes. After he died, his two sons were to work together to run the vineyard. Things soon went downhill: The younger son discovered that his older brother was selling unripe grapes along with the good ones, selling the grapes at half price to undercut his competitors and then buying them out, and destroying the homes of his workers to make room to build bigger barns. When his overseer objected that winter was approaching, he said, "They'll have time to make new blankets." He spent his time indulging himself, until one night he died (does the line "Thou fool! This very night your life shall be required of you!" sound familiar?).
I was just stunned. This was an absolutely brilliant combination of the parable of the vineyard and the incident in which a young man asked Jesus to demand that his brother split the inheritance with him. And as for the unscrupulous older brother, he was the best portrait of a one percenter I ever saw. I wonder if even the filmmakers realize what they created.
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