Beyond the Image
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Author: Ronald Holloway
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Published: 1972
Total Pages: 348
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Published: 1972
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Mark Le Fanu
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Published: 2020-03-19
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781350160491
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe live in a secular world and cinema is part of that secular edifice. There is no expectation, in modern times, that filmmakers should be believers – any more than we would expect that to be the case of novelists, poets and painters. Yet for all that this is true, many of the greatest directors of classic European cinema (the period from the end of World War II to roughly the middle of the 1980s) were passionately interested not only in the spiritual life but in the complexities of religion itself. In his new book Mark Le Fanu examines religion, and specifically Christianity, not as the repository of theological dogma but rather as an energizing cultural force – an 'inflexion' – that has shaped the narrative of many of the most striking films of the twentieth century. Discussing the work of such cineastes as Eisenstein and Tarkovsky from Russia; Wajda, Zanussi and Kieslowski from Poland; France's Rohmer and Bresson; Pasolini, Fellini and Rossellini from Italy; the Spanish masterpieces of Buñuel, and Bergman and Dreyer from Scandinavia, this book makes a singular contribution to both film and religious studies.
Author: Ronald Holloway
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Published: 1972
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Lyden
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2003-06
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 0814751806
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChoice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 Film as Religion argues that popular films perform a religious function in our culture. Like more formal religious institutions, films can provide us with ways to view the world and values to confront it. Lyden contends that approaches which interpret films only ideologically or theologically miss the mark in understanding their appeal to viewers. He develops an alternative method which shows how films can be understood as representing a “religious” worldview in their own right. Lyden surveys the state of the study of religion and film, offering an overview of previous methods before presenting his own. Rather than seeking to uncover hidden meanings in film detectable only to scholars, Lyden emphasizes how film functions for its audiences?the beliefs and values it conveys, and its ritual power to provide emotional catharsis. He includes a number of brief cases studies in which he applies this method to the study of film genres—including westerns and action movies, children's films, and romantic comedies—and individual films from The Godfather to E.T., showing how films can function religiously.
Author: Stefanie Knauss
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-01-29
Total Pages: 109
ISBN-13: 9004426760
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis critical overview of the field of film and religion distinguishes three complementary approaches: the study of film as text, the investigation of how film affect audiencs, and the consideration of film and religion as agents in cultural processes. The overview concludes with a reflection on theories and methodologies of the field and some possibilities for future development.
Author: Ronald Holloway
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 215
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John R. May
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781556127618
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContributors from richly diverse backgrounds explore a wide range of current issues concerning the interrelationship of religion and film.
Author: Sheila J. Nayar
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2012-03-29
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 1441158715
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA unique epistemic approach to manifestations of the sacred onscreen.