Bresson and others : spiritual style in the cinema /: spiritual style in the cinema. (2009)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: By Bert Cardullo.
• Other Names: Cardullo, Bert
• Contents: Introduction: Aesthetic asceticism: the films of Robert Bresson -- Take comfort, take caution: tragedy and homily in Day of wrath -- Neorealism of the spirit: on Rossellini's Europe '51 -- A passage to Tokyo: the art of Ozu, remembered -- God is love: on Bourguignon's Sundays and Cybèle and Fellini's La strada -- Early Bergman, or film and faith: Winter light revisited -- Saint cinema: on Cavalier's Thérèse -- Close encounters of a devilish kind: on Pialat's Under the sun of satan -- Miracle movie: on Jarmusch's Mystery train -- Mirabile visu et dictu: on Loach's Raining stones and Rohmer's A tale of winter -- Free spirit: on Jacquot's A single girl -- Life and nothing but: on Kore-eda's Maborosi and Doillon's Ponette -- Getting straight with God and man: on Lynch's The straight story -- The space of time, the sound of silence: on Ozon's Under the sand and Tsai's What time is it there? -- Reality bites: on Kim Ki-duk's 3-iron -- Lower depths, higher planes: on the Dardennes' Rosetta, The son, and L'enfant -- The passion of the Christ and the new cinema of violence: realism, reality, and the an-esthetic of the unreal -- Conclusion: Dostoyevskian surges, Bressonian spirits: on Kerrigan's Keane and Bresson's Une femme douce.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Pub
• Publication Date: 2009
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 212 pages)
• Subjects: 791.430233092; Films, cinema; Religion in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- France -- History; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; Motion pictures -- Asia -- History; Bresson, Robert -- Criticism and interpretation; Bresson, Robert -- Influence; Motion pictures -- Asia -- History; Motion pictures -- France -- History; Motion pictures -- United States -- History; Religion in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Direction & Production; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Motion pictures; Religion in motion pictures; Film theory & criticism; Film guides & reviews; Asia; France; United States; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History; Influence; Criticism and interpretation
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443810678; 1443810673
• Related ISBNs: 9781443809924; 1443809926
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.