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Religion and film : cinema and the re-creation of the world

Title
Religion and film : cinema and the re-creation of the world / S. Brent Plate.
Author
Plate, S. Brent, 1966-
Publication
  • New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
  • ©2017

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Description
xviii, 207 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Subject
  • Motion pictures > Religious aspects
  • Religion in motion pictures
  • Religious films > History and criticism
  • Religion and literature
  • Religious films
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
  • Filmography: pages 197-200.
Contents
Introduction: worldmaking on screen and at the altar -- Before the show: pulling the curtain on the wizard -- Visual mythologizing -- Ritualizing film in space and time -- Sacred and cinematic spaces: cities and pilgrimages -- During the show: attractions and distractions -- Religious cinematics: body, screen, and death -- The face, the close up, and ethics -- After the show: re-created realities -- The footprints of film: cinematic after-images in sacred time and space.
Call Number
MFL 17-3658
ISBN
  • 9780231176743
  • 0231176740
  • 9780231176750
  • 0231176759
LCCN
2017002049
OCLC
984149312
Author
Plate, S. Brent, 1966- author.
Title
Religion and film : cinema and the re-creation of the world / S. Brent Plate.
Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
Copyright Date
©2017
Edition
Second edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Filmography: pages 197-200.
Research Call Number
MFL 17-3658
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