Religion and Film An Introduction

Name: Religion and Film An Introduction
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ISBN: 9781850438861

ISBN-10: 1850438862

ISBN-13: 9781850438861

Edition: 2006

Authors: J. Melanie Wright

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List price: $32.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company, Limited
Publication date: 12/26/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.53" tall
Weight: 0.704
Language: English




Preface



Some Trends in Religious Film Analysis


Opening Shots


Motivations to Religious Film Analysis


On Dialogue


Film Selection


Methods of Study


A Proposal


Conclusion



La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc



The Remarkable Story of La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc


Film Narrative


Film Style


Cultural and Religious Context


Reception



The Ten Commandments



Moses at the 'Movies'


Screening the Scriptures


Why the Slaves Don't Cross the Red Sea


Trailing The Ten Commandments


Reception



The Wicker Man



To See or Not to See? The Importance of Distribution


Christianity as Tomorrow's Paganism?


Scotland the Movie


English Horror(s)


Reception and the Cult of Fandom



My Son the Fanatic



Cinema and Diaspora


Filming Fundamentalism


It's Different for Girls


Hit the North


The Burden of Representation



Keeping the Faith



Reception: Once More, With Feeling


A Priest Walks Into a Bar...


Jewish/Christian Romance at the Cinema


A 'Women's Picture'?



Lagaan



Hooray for Bollywood


Seeing and Believing


Unity and Diversity


It's Not the Taking Part, It's the Winning That Counts


Reception



Conclusions


Notes


Bibliography


Film Index


Name and Subject Index