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T&T Clark companion to the Bible and film
Title
T&T Clark companion to the Bible and film / edited by Richard Walsh.
ISBN
9780567666208
9780567666239
9780567666222
9780567666215
Edition
First edition
Publication
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 403 pages) : illustrations
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Summary
"Recent years have seen a resurgence of the biblical epic film (Noah, Gods and Kings). Biblical film criticism has grown along with this new spate of films. This Companion surveys the field of biblical film criticism, conceiving of and framing the field in light of recent biblical films and the voices of key biblical film critics. The Companion has three parts. First, 'context', focusing on the 'Bible in' specific film genres and cultural situations. Second, 'theory', with a focus on film theory or methodologies and how these can overlap with biblical and theoretical methodologies. Third, 'recent and significant texts', with a focus on which texts and themes have been most important in 'biblical film' and which are currently at the fore. The volume is unique in paying close attention to film genres, and film theory. Each section of the book begins with an extended introductory essay to provide a full overview of the themes discussed and introduced. Another key feature is the inclusion of non-Hollywood films, and films that do not at first glance appear to be 'biblical'"--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Variant and related titles
T and T Clark companion to the Bible and film
Companion to the Bible and film
Theology and religion online. T&T Clark Jesus library launch collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 21, 2023
Series
Bloomsbury companions
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; List of Contributors; Introduction:Biblical Film Studies; Biblical film?; Why Bible and film?; Whither biblical film scholarship?; The essays; Notes; Works cited; Part 1: Contexts; Chapter 1: Apocalypse Noir: The Book of Revelation and Genre; Apocalypse awakes; Apocalyptic awareness; Ascribing apocalypse; Summary; Noir knowing: Film noir and neo-noir; That noir feeling; Blatant blinds and scripted sax; Seething sex and violence; Refracted femme fatales; Summary; Affective apocalyptic; Seeing composite; Rampant reveal and conceal
Fixing perceptions: The destruction of the worldA different apocalypse; Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; Chapter 2: Counting Errors or Understanding Filmic History: Historiophoty and Bible Films; Filmmakers as historians; Film genres of the biblical film; Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; Chapter 3: In the Creator's Image: Divine and Mundane Self-Reproduction in Science-Fiction Films; Nonhuman creator(s), human creatures; Human creators, mechanical creatures; Human creators, human creatures; Mirror images?; Notes; Works cited
Chapter 4: Murderous Archaeologists, Doubting Priests, and Mesopotamian Demons: The Bible in Horror and Adventure CinemaNotes; Works cited; Chapter 5: Comedic Films and the Bible; Comedic movies derived from the Bible; Comedic movies that reference the Bible; Conclusion; Works cited; Chapter 6: The First Seventy Years of Jesus Films: A Canonical, Source-Critical History; The "pre-canonical" era of Jesus movies (1906-13); The "canonical" era of Jesus movies (1927-65); Beyond the biopic canon; Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; DVDs referenced; Chapter 7: Justice, Empire, and Nature:
Justice and deliverance: Park Chan-wook's vengeance trilogy (South Korea)Empire and covenant: Three historical epics (China); Nature as new creation: The divine vision of Hayao Miyazaki (Japan); Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; Chapter 8: Biographical Approaches to Jesus Films: Prospects for Bible and Film; Biographies of films/making the case; The Social Lives of Things/biographical precedents; Toward a social life of a Jesus film/a case study; Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; Chapter 9: Frames and Borders in Deuteronomy and Films on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
Frame-brakes and framing realityFrames and borders; Conclusion: Territory and tradition; Note; Works cited; Chapter 10: "Blessed Are the Peacemakers": The Deployment of Jesus in American and German Cinema During and After the First World War; Intermission: America 1918: Love your enemies (but not too much); Germany 1923: Those who live by the sword; Notes; Works cited; Chapter 11: German Jesus Movies; Actualizations: Pilatus und andere and Jesus Cries; The Second Coming: Das Geheimnis, Jesus liebt mich, and Shorts; Blasphemous interventions: Das Gespenst and Jesus-Der Film; Conclusion; Notes
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