confessions of an indie filmmaker

[jokeman099]

anyone ever been to confessional? is there a particular protocol the priest must follow? does he have a script? i'm writing a short movie for www.thelot.com and it all takes place inside a confessional booth. anyone know what it looks like inside one of those? oh damn. i just realized that i may have to go to confession

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[ezikiel16]

yeah actually. when went to that protocal part of catholic class or whatever it was called i guess i was thinking about comicbooks and koolaid. when i went into the booth it was a little like this:

priest: "blah blah blah, when was the last time you had confession"
me: *didn't hear a thing he mumbled* "yeah i'm hear to do a confession."

the end.

[extremelanguage]

"Bless me father, for I have sinned. It's been [insert amount of time] since my last confession." Or the priest asks you how long it's been and you mumble something about how you've been really busy lately so you're not really sure.

Then he asks you what sins you'd like to confess and you spill the beans. Sometimes he talks back and sometimes he just listens. At the end, he does a kind of "In the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit, I absolve you of your sins." Maybe he'll pray over you, give you some kind of blessing. And then he tells you to go recite a bunch of prayers, like nine Hail Marys and an Our Father or whatever. Then he says "Go in peace" or something similar, which is your cue to get out because the line's getting long.

[spacekat1031]

The only thing I remember about this whole experience was getting on my knees and feeling really uncomfortable...

anyway since I can't give you this.. heres a pic of it! hah.