The 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