The Ancient World in Silent Cinema

The Ancient World in Silent Cinema

Author: Pantelis Michelakis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 403

ISBN-13: 110701610X

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The first systematic attempt to focus on the instrumental role of silent cinema in early twentieth-century conceptualizations of the ancient Mediterranean and Middle East. It is located at the intersection of film studies, classics, Bible studies and cultural studies.


The Bible in Motion

The Bible in Motion

Author: Rhonda Burnette-Bletsch

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2016-09-12

Total Pages: 940

ISBN-13: 1614513260

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This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible’s wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament; considering issues of biblical reception across a wide array of film genres, ranging from noir to anime; featuring directors, from Lee Chang-dong to the Coen brothers, whose body of work reveals an enduring fascination with biblical texts and motifs; and offering topical essays on cinema’s treatment of selected biblical themes (e.g., lament, apocalyptic), particular interpretive lenses (e.g., feminist interpretation, queer theory), and windows into biblical reception in a variety of world cinemas (e.g., Indian, Israeli, and Third Cinema). This handbook is intended for scholars of the Bible, religion, and film as well as for a wider general audience.


Bible and Cinema

Bible and Cinema

Author: Adele Reinhartz

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1134627017

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This is a comprehensive introduction to the ways in which the Bible has been used and represented in mainstream cinema. Adele Reinhartz considers the pervasive use of the Bible in feature films, and the medium of film as part of the Bible’s reception history. The book examines how films draw on the Old and New Testament and the figure of Jesus Christ in various direct and indirect ways to develop their plots, characters, and themes. As well as movies that set out explicitly to retell biblical stories in their ancient context, it explores the ways in which contemporary, fictional feature films make use of biblical narrative. Topics covered include: how filmmakers make use of scripture to address and reflect their own time and place. the Bible as a vehicle through which films can address social and political issues, reflect human experiences and emotions, explore existential issues such as evil and death, and express themes such as destruction and redemption. the role of the Bible as a source of ethics and morality, and how this connection is both perpetuated and undermined in a range of contemporary Hollywood films. films that create an experience of transcendence, and the ways in which the Bible figures in that experience. Reinhartz offers insightful analysis of numerous films including The Ten Commandments and The Shawshank Redemption, paying attention to visual and aural elements as well as plot, character, and dialogue. Students will find this an invaluable guide to a growing field.


The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema (1897-1927)

The Silents of Jesus in the Cinema (1897-1927)

Author: David Shepherd

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-31

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1317806727

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While Jesus has attracted the sporadic interest of film-makers since the epics of the Sixties, it is often forgotten that between the advent of motion pictures in the 1890s and the close of the "silent" era at the end of the 1920s, some of the longest, most expensive and most watched films on both sides of the Atlantic were focused on the Life and Passion of the Christ. Drawing upon rarely seen archival footage and the work of both the era’s most important directors (e.g. Alice Guy, Ferdinand Zecca, Sidney Olcott, D.W. Griffith, Carl Dreyer, and C.B. DeMille) and others who have been all but forgotten, this collection of essays offers a representative survey of the Silents of Jesus, illustrating the ways in which the earliest films and those which followed were influenced by a multiplicity of factors. Written by leading scholars in biblical and early film studies this collection explores the ways in which the Silents of Jesus were shaped not only by the performing and visual arts of the nineteenth century and the technological challenges and opportunities of a new medium and industry, but also by the artistic, theological and ideological predilections of studios and directors, and the expectations of audiences as the genre evolved. Taken together, the essays collected here offer a seminal treatment of the genesis and early evolution of the cinematic Jesus.


The Bible on the Big Screen

The Bible on the Big Screen

Author: J. Stephen Lang

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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The Bible on the Big Screen gives movie buffs a comprehensive, chronological list of all biblical movies ever made, including interesting trivia and answers to intriguing questions.


The Bible on Silent Film

The Bible on Silent Film

Author: David J. Shepherd

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-11-14

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1107042607

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Discovers how the Bible was represented in cinema from the beginnings up until the end of the 'silent' era.


Silent Film Sound

Silent Film Sound

Author: Rick Altman

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780231116633

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Silent films were, of course, never silent at all. However, the sound that used to accompany the screen picture in the early days of cinema has been neglected as an area of study. Altman explores the various musical, narrative, and even synchronized sound systems that enriched cinema before Jolson spoke.


Christians in the Movies

Christians in the Movies

Author: Peter E. Dans

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 9780742570306

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Contains summaries of nearly two hundred Christian-themed movies made between 1905 and 2008, each with commentary; arranged chronologically by decade to highlight the decline in positive portrayals.


He is There and He is Not Silent

He is There and He is Not Silent

Author: Francis August Schaeffer

Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

Published: 1972

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780842314138

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Tyndale celebrates the thirtieth anniversary of this twentieth-century spiritual classic with a special commemorative edition featuring new foreword by Chuck Colson and introduction by Dr. Jerram Barrs, director of the Schaeffer Institute. He Is There and He Is Not Silent discusses fundamental questions about God, such as who he is and why he matters.


Iranian Cosmopolitanism

Iranian Cosmopolitanism

Author: Golbarg Rekabtalaei

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-17

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1108418511

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A unique look at how cinema shaped the cosmopolitan society in Tehran through cultural exchanges between Iran and the world.