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Through a Screen Darkly Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies

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ISBN-10: 0801018129

ISBN-13: 9780801018121

Edition: N/A

Authors: Jeffrey Overstreet

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In the style of a cinematic travel journal, film columnist and critic Jeffrey Overstreet of Christianity Today and lookingcloser.org leads readers down paths less traveled to explore some of the best films you've never seen. Examining a feast of movies, from blockbusters to buried treasure, Overstreet peels back the layers of work by popular entertainers and underappreciated masters. He shares excerpts from conversations with filmmakers like Peter Jackson, Wim Wenders, Kevin Smith, and Scott Derrickson, producer Ralph Winter, and stars like Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Keanu Reeves, and the cast of Serenity, drawing "war-stories" from his encounters with movie stars, moviemakers, moviegoers,…    
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Book details

List price: $17.99
Publisher: Baker Books
Publication date: 2/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Jeffrey Overstreet calls upon a decade of experience as a film journalist for publications like "Christianity Today", "Image", "Books & Culture", "Paste" Magazine, Seattle Pacific University's "Response" magazine, "The Other Journal", and his popular website, lookingcloser.org. He frequently lectures at Seattle Pacific University and Seattle area churches; frequently reviews films on radio talk shows in Seattle and Wisconsin; and participated in a panel discussion on Christians and culture with writer Dick Staub, novelist Jeff Berryman, and actor Grant Goodeve for CITA (Christians in the Theatre Arts). In September 2005, Jeffrey was featured as "Image" journal's Artist of the Month. His…