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Through a Catholic lens : religious perspectives of nineteen film directors from around the world / edited by Peter Malone.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Communication, culture, and religion seriesPublication details: Lanham : Sheed & Ward, ©2007.Description: 1 online resource (vi, 272 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781461718789
  • 1461718783
  • 1299386385
  • 9781299386389
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Through a Catholic lens.DDC classification:
  • 791.4302/33092273 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.5
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
A song that will not die : the films of Terence Davies / Maggie Roux -- Two films of Neil Jordan : in an Irish context / Michael Paul Gallagher -- Revisiting the Devil's playground : the films of Fred Schepisi / Peter Malone -- Her Household Saints : Nancy Savoca's saints / Gaye W. Ortiz -- Parables on screen : John Sayles and Men with Guns / Greg Friedman -- The Mother of all redemptions : Almodóvar's All About My Mother / Rob Rix -- Solidarity, sharing, and compassion : Walter Salles's Central do Brasil (Central Station) / Jose Tavares de Barros -- Observer of everyday life : Carlos Carrera and El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The crime of Father Amaro) / Luis Garcia Orso -- The son of man (facing southeast) : Jesus Christ in Eliseo Subiela's films / Ricardo Yáñez -- Finding his place in society, local stories with a universal and spiritual dimension : filmmaking by Gaston Kaboré / Guido Convents -- The legacy of Lino Brocka / Nicasio Cruz -- Sacrilege, satire, or statement of faith? : ways of reading Luis Buñel's Viridiana / Tom Aitken -- The Christian moral vision of a believing Atheist : Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue films / Lloyd Baugh -- Jésus de Montréal : the vision of Denys Arcand / Marc Gervais -- Memory's progress : ambiguity in Louis Malle's Au Revoir les Enfants / Claire Openshaw -- Roberto Benigni as director : toward an analysis of values / Dario Vigano -- Land of promise : reflections on Andrzej Wajda's Merchants of Lodz / Jan Epstein -- Following his true passion : Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ / James Abbott -- View asked in Dogma : Kevin Smith--a funny guy? / Rose Pacatte.
Summary: Movie texts are often examined for subtexts and for the way that they dramatize social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Through a Catholic Lens looks at the Catholic subtext through a collection of studies of 19 film directors from around the world whose Catholic backgrounds can be found in their writing and directing.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)553623

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A song that will not die : the films of Terence Davies / Maggie Roux -- Two films of Neil Jordan : in an Irish context / Michael Paul Gallagher -- Revisiting the Devil's playground : the films of Fred Schepisi / Peter Malone -- Her Household Saints : Nancy Savoca's saints / Gaye W. Ortiz -- Parables on screen : John Sayles and Men with Guns / Greg Friedman -- The Mother of all redemptions : Almodóvar's All About My Mother / Rob Rix -- Solidarity, sharing, and compassion : Walter Salles's Central do Brasil (Central Station) / Jose Tavares de Barros -- Observer of everyday life : Carlos Carrera and El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The crime of Father Amaro) / Luis Garcia Orso -- The son of man (facing southeast) : Jesus Christ in Eliseo Subiela's films / Ricardo Yáñez -- Finding his place in society, local stories with a universal and spiritual dimension : filmmaking by Gaston Kaboré / Guido Convents -- The legacy of Lino Brocka / Nicasio Cruz -- Sacrilege, satire, or statement of faith? : ways of reading Luis Buñel's Viridiana / Tom Aitken -- The Christian moral vision of a believing Atheist : Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue films / Lloyd Baugh -- Jésus de Montréal : the vision of Denys Arcand / Marc Gervais -- Memory's progress : ambiguity in Louis Malle's Au Revoir les Enfants / Claire Openshaw -- Roberto Benigni as director : toward an analysis of values / Dario Vigano -- Land of promise : reflections on Andrzej Wajda's Merchants of Lodz / Jan Epstein -- Following his true passion : Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ / James Abbott -- View asked in Dogma : Kevin Smith--a funny guy? / Rose Pacatte.

Movie texts are often examined for subtexts and for the way that they dramatize social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Through a Catholic Lens looks at the Catholic subtext through a collection of studies of 19 film directors from around the world whose Catholic backgrounds can be found in their writing and directing.

English.