Dallas Jenkins

And I know just enough, I'm a good enough formulating arguments to be dangerous. But at my heart, I always find that the way into The persuasion, if you want to look at it from that way, is storytelling. And it always seems to— Persuasion or communication? Both. Yeah, okay.

And I know just enough, I'm a good enough formulating arguments to be dangerous. But at my heart, I always find that the way into The persuasion, if you want to look at it from that way, is storytelling. And it always seems to— Persuasion or communication? Both. Yeah, okay.

And I know just enough, I'm a good enough formulating arguments to be dangerous. But at my heart, I always find that the way into The persuasion, if you want to look at it from that way, is storytelling. And it always seems to— Persuasion or communication? Both. Yeah, okay.

So if I say to you right now, so this morning I wake up and I get out of bed, the simple fact of me saying that, you're going— Well, then what happened? Even though you know that it's probably, most likely, banal. It's not very few significant things happen when you just get out of bed. But you're intrigued, right? That's all I know. I don't know that I can intellectualize why.

So if I say to you right now, so this morning I wake up and I get out of bed, the simple fact of me saying that, you're going— Well, then what happened? Even though you know that it's probably, most likely, banal. It's not very few significant things happen when you just get out of bed. But you're intrigued, right? That's all I know. I don't know that I can intellectualize why.

So if I say to you right now, so this morning I wake up and I get out of bed, the simple fact of me saying that, you're going— Well, then what happened? Even though you know that it's probably, most likely, banal. It's not very few significant things happen when you just get out of bed. But you're intrigued, right? That's all I know. I don't know that I can intellectualize why.

I just know that it works. And I know that... When I set out to make that short film about the two thieves, we showed their backstory. We showed how they met. We showed, again, all through not fact, but through what we call plausibility. Is it plausible? What would have been in the cultural context, the historical context?

I just know that it works. And I know that... When I set out to make that short film about the two thieves, we showed their backstory. We showed how they met. We showed, again, all through not fact, but through what we call plausibility. Is it plausible? What would have been in the cultural context, the historical context?

I just know that it works. And I know that... When I set out to make that short film about the two thieves, we showed their backstory. We showed how they met. We showed, again, all through not fact, but through what we call plausibility. Is it plausible? What would have been in the cultural context, the historical context?

So my co-writer, Tyler Thompson, at the time had never written a screenplay in his life, but we were working at the same place. And he's brilliant at connecting the Old Testament to the New. He's brilliant with historical context and cultural context. And so we worked together. to fashion a plausible backstory for the two thieves.

So my co-writer, Tyler Thompson, at the time had never written a screenplay in his life, but we were working at the same place. And he's brilliant at connecting the Old Testament to the New. He's brilliant with historical context and cultural context. And so we worked together. to fashion a plausible backstory for the two thieves.

So my co-writer, Tyler Thompson, at the time had never written a screenplay in his life, but we were working at the same place. And he's brilliant at connecting the Old Testament to the New. He's brilliant with historical context and cultural context. And so we worked together. to fashion a plausible backstory for the two thieves.

Jesus doesn't show up until the last five minutes of the short film. So we spend 20 minutes establishing the things that led these two thieves to be on the cross, and they finally get on the cross, and we get to the crucifixion moment when Jesus is there. And the audience, of course, in a church is going up. All right, now we're here. We get it.

Jesus doesn't show up until the last five minutes of the short film. So we spend 20 minutes establishing the things that led these two thieves to be on the cross, and they finally get on the cross, and we get to the crucifixion moment when Jesus is there. And the audience, of course, in a church is going up. All right, now we're here. We get it.

Jesus doesn't show up until the last five minutes of the short film. So we spend 20 minutes establishing the things that led these two thieves to be on the cross, and they finally get on the cross, and we get to the crucifixion moment when Jesus is there. And the audience, of course, in a church is going up. All right, now we're here. We get it.

This is the crucifixion story we've heard so many times, but we're seeing all these comments from Jesus that are in Scripture. We're seeing them now through the lens of the two thieves on the cross, this backstory that we've been following. And so what happened, to your question, is the audience I saw and experienced, and they told me there was a significant aha moment. Right, right. A what?

This is the crucifixion story we've heard so many times, but we're seeing all these comments from Jesus that are in Scripture. We're seeing them now through the lens of the two thieves on the cross, this backstory that we've been following. And so what happened, to your question, is the audience I saw and experienced, and they told me there was a significant aha moment. Right, right. A what?

This is the crucifixion story we've heard so many times, but we're seeing all these comments from Jesus that are in Scripture. We're seeing them now through the lens of the two thieves on the cross, this backstory that we've been following. And so what happened, to your question, is the audience I saw and experienced, and they told me there was a significant aha moment. Right, right. A what?

I had never considered this. It makes more sense to me now.

I had never considered this. It makes more sense to me now.