Overview

From The Gospel According to Matthew to Jesus Christ Superstar, from The Passion of Joan of Arc to The Last Temptation of Christ and Jesus of Montreal, The Religious Film captures the glory, gore, and centrality of this important genre. A short, accessible introduction to religious film, exploring the genre as spectacle, as musical, and as controversy Examines the historical, cultural and critical background for religious films from the silent era through to the present day Introduces the complexities and characteristics of this iconic genre of film, including common sounds and images, and the values that most traditional films of this kind uphold

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Author:   Pamela Grace (Brooklyn College, CUNY)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.293kg
ISBN:  

9781405160261

ISBN 10:   1405160268
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   31 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

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

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The book is well referenced and illustrated...the bibliography and overviews would be useful to anyone interested in this field of study. Pamela Grace is to be congratulated on this useful addition. ( Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television , June 2010)

The book is well referenced and illustrated...the bibliography and overviews would be useful to anyone interested in this field of study. Pamela Grace is to be congratulated on this useful addition. (Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, June 2010)

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Pamela Grace teaches at Brooklyn College, CUNY.

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