The Religious Film: Christianity and the Hagiopic

Description

From The Gospel According to Matthew to Jesus Christ Superstar, from The Passion of Joan of Arc to The Last Temptation of Christ and Jesus of Montreal, The Religious Film captures the glory, gore, and centrality of this important genre. A short, accessible introduction to religious film, exploring the genre as spectacle, as musical, and as controversyExamines the historical, cultural and critical background for religious films from the silent era through to the present dayIntroduces the complexities and characteristics of this iconic genre of film, including common sounds and images, and the values that most traditional films of this kind upholdContent: Chapter 1 Introduction (pages 1–15): Chapter 2 Historical Overview (pages 16–46): Chapter 3 Critical Overview (pages 47–63): Chapter 4 King of Kings (1961) (pages 64–77): Chapter 5 The Song of Bernadette (1943) (pages 78–89): Chapter 6 Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Jesus Christ Superstar (2000) (pages 90–102): Chapter 7 The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) and Jesus of Montreal (1989) (pages 103–119): Chapter 8 The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) (pages 120–137): Chapter 9 The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and The Passion of the Christ (2004) (pages 138–156):