Faith and spirituality in masters of world cinema. (©2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Kenneth R. Morefield.
• Other Names: Morefield, Kenneth R (Kenneth Robert), 1966-
• Contents: Introduction: cinema in the Biblical sense / Mike Hertenstein -- Bergman's Trilogy of faith, persona, and faith in narrative / Bill Scalia -- Roberto Rossellini and religion in the post-war era / Jason Simpkins -- Music, light, and the Kierkegaardian instant in Kieslowski's The double life of Véronique and Blue / Isil Ozcan -- Sacred in Bresson: Au hasard Balthazar / Joseph Cunneen -- Carl Theodor Dreyer and the problem of Christian realism / Kenneth R. Morefield -- "A state of mind, not a way of thinking": the spiritual cinema of Andrei Tarkovsky / Terence McSweeney -- Cinematic epiphanies: Eric Rohmer and the transcendence of the ordinary / John Caruana -- The Brothers Dardenne: responding to the face of the other / Doug Cummings -- From dogmatism to mysticism: the evolution of faith in Mohsen Makhmalbaf's cinema / Gilda Boffa -- Beliefs of a non-believer: spirituality and religion in the films of Ousmane Sembène / Patrick L. Day -- The fragility of faith in the films of Guillermo del Toro / Siobhan O'Flynn -- Pedro Costa's "Vanda trilogy" and the limits of narrative cinema as a contemplative art / Darren Hughes.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars
• Publication Date: 2008
• Copyright Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 182 pages)
• Subjects: 791.43/682; Religious subjects depicted in art; Religion in motion pictures; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects; Motion pictures -- History; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures -- History; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects; Religion in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS -- Reference; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion pictures; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects; Religion in motion pictures; Schicksal; Spiritualität; Film; Religion i filmen; Film -- religiösa aspekter; Individual film directors, film-makers; Film theory & criticism; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781443814881; 1443814881
• Related ISBNs: 9781443800099; 1443800090
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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