TY - BOOK AU - Malone,Peter TI - Through a Catholic lens: religious perspectives of nineteen film directors from around the world T2 - The communication, culture, and religion series SN - 9781461718789 AV - PN1995.5 U1 - 791.4302/33092273 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Lanham PB - Sheed & Ward KW - Motion pictures KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church KW - Cinéma KW - Aspect religieux KW - Église catholique KW - PERFORMING ARTS KW - Film & Video KW - Direction & Production KW - bisacsh KW - fast N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=553623 ER -