AuthorGrace, Pamela
TitleThe religious film : Christianity and the hagiopic / Pamela Grace
Imprint Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, c2009
Descript xii, 180 p. : ill. ; 23 cm

CONTENT

The religious film and the hagiopic -- Historical overview -- Critical overview -- King of Kings (1961): spectacle and anti-spectacle -- The Song of Bernadette (1943): the religious comfort film -- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Jesus Christ Superstar (2000): the religious musical -- The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) and Jesus of Montreal (1989): the alternative hagiopic -- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999): transcendence and exploitation -- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and The Passion of the Christ (2004): the sacrificial hagiopic


SUBJECT

  1. Religious films -- History and criticism
  2. Religion in motion pictures

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