Research Catalog

Title

The Bible onscreen in the new millennium : new heart and new spirit / edited by Wickham Clayton.

Publication

• Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

Clayton, Wickham, 1979-

Description

xx, 278 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

The remarkable commercial success of Mel Gibson's 'The Passion of the Christ' in 2004 came as a surprise to the Hollywood establishment, particularly considering the film's failure to find production funding through a major studio. Since then the Biblical epic, long thought dead in terms of mainstream marketability, has become a viable product. This collection examines the new wave of the genre, which includes such varied examples as Darren Aronofsky's 'Noah' (2014) and Ridley Scott's 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2014), along with the telenovelas of Latin America. Such texts follow previous traditions while appearing distinct both stylistically and thematically from the Biblical epic in its prime, making academic consideration timely and relevant. Featuring contributions from such scholars as Mikel J. Koven, Andrew B. R. Elliott and Martin Stollery, and a preface from Adele Reinhartz, the book will be of interest to students and scholars of film, television and religion.

Alternative Title

Bible on screen in the new millennium

Subjects

• Bible
• Bible > In motion pictures
• Motion pictures
• Christianity in motion pictures
• Christians in motion pictures

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Includes filmography (pages [265]-269).

Contents

Battles over the biblical epic: Hollywood, Christians and the American culture wars / Karen Patricia Heath -- Depicting 'biblical' narratives: a test case on Noah / Peter Phillips -- Special effects and CGI in the biblical epic film / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- The phenomenon of biblical telenovelas in Brazil and Latin America / Clarice Greco, Mariana Marques de Lima and Tissiana Nogueira Pereira -- Mythic cinema and the contemporary biblical epic / Mikel J. Koven -- The nativity reborn: genre and the birth and childhood of Jesus / Matthew Page -- Convince me: conversion narratives in the modern biblical epic / Chris Davies -- Controversy and the 'culture war': exploring tensions between the secular and the sacred in Noah, the 'least biblical biblical movie ever' / Becky Bartlett -- 'Can anything good come out of Southern California?'* (*hyperlink to John 1:46): the Christian critical reception of elliptical Jesus narratives / Wickham Clayton -- Examining the digital religion paradigm: a mixed-method analysis of online community perception of epic biblical movies / Gregory P. Perreault and Thomas S. Mueller -- The devil and the culture wars: demonising controversy in The last temptation of Christ and The passion of the Christ / Karra Shimabukuro -- Ben-Her(?): soft stardom, melodrama and the critique of epic masculinity in Ben-Hur (2016) / Thomas J. West III -- The biblical-trial film: social contexts in L'inchiesta and Risen / Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns and Emiliano Aguilar -- 'Squint against the grandeur': iconoclasm and film genre in The passion of the Christ and Hail, Caesar! / Martin Stollery.

Call Number

MFL 20-2488

ISBN

• 1526136570
• 9781526136572
• 9781526136596 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781526136589 (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

1104063776

Title

The Bible onscreen in the new millennium : new heart and new spirit / edited by Wickham Clayton.

Publisher

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography (pages [265]-269).

Added Author

Clayton, Wickham, 1979- editor.

Note

Bible on screen in the new millennium

Other Form:

ebook version : 9781526136596

Research Call Number

MFL 20-2488