The Religious Film: Christianity and the HagiopicISBN: 978-1-4051-6025-4
Hardcover
192 pages
April 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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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 controversy
- Examines the historical, cultural and critical background for
religious films from the silent era through to the present
day
- Introduces 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 uphold