Grace The Religious Film

Christianity and the Hagiopic
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4443-1054-2
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: New Approaches to Film Genre

From The Gospel According to Matthew to Jesus ChristSuperstar, from The Passion of Joan of Arc to TheLast Temptation of Christ and Jesus of Montreal, TheReligious Film captures the glory, gore, and centrality of thisimportant genre.
* A short, accessible introduction to religious film, exploringthe genre as spectacle, as musical, and as controversy
* Examines the historical, cultural and critical background forreligious films from the silent era through to the presentday
* Introduces the complexities and characteristics of this iconicgenre of film, including common sounds and images, and the valuesthat most traditional films of this kind uphold

Autoren/Hrsg.

Grace, Pamela

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.
Acknowledgments.
1. Introduction: The Religious Film and the Hagiopic.
2. Historical Overview.
3. Critical Overview.
4. King of Kings (1961): Spectacle andAnti-Spectacle.
5. The Song of Bernadette (1943): The ReligiousComfort Film.
6. Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Jesus ChristSuperstar (2000): The Religious Musical.
7. The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) andJesus of Montreal (1989): The Alternative Hagiopic.
8. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and TheMessenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999): Transcendence andExploitation.
9. The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and ThePassion of the Christ (2004): The Sacrificial Hagiopic.
Notes.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Pamela Grace teaches at Brooklyn College, CUNY.