Research Catalog

Title

Giving the devil his due : Satan and cinema / Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Regina M. Hansen, editors.

Publication

• New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew
• Hansen, Regina

Description

vi, 216 pages : illustrations (black and white); 24 cm

Summary

"The first collection of essays to address Satan's ubiquitous and popular appearances in film Lucifer and cinema have been intertwined since the origins of the medium. As humankind's greatest antagonist and the incarnation of pure evil, the cinematic devil embodies our own culturally specific anxieties and desires, reflecting moviegoers' collective conceptions of good and evil, right and wrong, sin and salvation. Giving the Devil His Due is the first book of its kind to examine the history and significance of Satan onscreen. This collection explores how the devil is not just one monster among many, nor is he the "prince of darkness" merely because he has repeatedly flickered across cinema screens in darkened rooms since the origins of the medium. Satan is instead a force active in our lives. Films featuring the devil, therefore, are not just flights of fancy but narratives, sometimes reinforcing, sometimes calling into question, a familiar belief system. From the inception of motion pictures in the 1890s and continuing into the twenty-first century, these essays examine what cinematic representations tell us about the art of filmmaking, the desires of the film-going public, what the cultural moments of the films reflect, and the reciprocal influence they exert. Loosely organized chronologically by film, though some chapters address more than one film, this collection studies such classic movies as Faust, Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, Angel Heart, The Witch, and The Last Temptation of Christ, as well as the appearance of the Devil in Disney animation. Guiding the contributions to this volume is the overarching idea that cinematic representations of Satan reflect not only the hypnotic powers of cinema to explore and depict the fantastic but also shifting social anxieties and desires that concern human morality and our place in the universe. Contributors: Simon Bacon, Katherine A. Fowkes, Regina Hansen, David Hauka, Russ Hunter, Barry C. Knowlton, Eloise R. Knowlton, Murray Leeder, Catherine O'Brien, R. Barton Palmer, Carl H. Sederholm, David Sterritt, J. P. Telotte, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock"--

Subject

• Devil in motion pictures
• Good and evil in motion pictures
• Motion pictures > Social aspects
• Motion pictures > Psychological aspects

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Giving the Devil His Due -- The Sign of the Cross: Georges Méliès and Early Satanic Cinema -- Murnau's Faust and the Weimar Moment / Barry C. Knowlton and Elose R. Knowlton -- Disney's Devils -- What's the Deal with the Devil? The Comedic Devil in Four Films -- His Father's Eyes: Rosemary's Baby -- From the Eternal Sea He Rises, Creating Armies on Either Shore: The Antichristology of the Omen Franchise -- The Weird Devil: Lovecraftian Horror in John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness -- Narration and Damnation in Angel Heart
• The Devil's in the Details: Devilish Desire and Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate -- Agency or Allowance: The Satanic Complications of Female Autonomy in The Witches of Eastwick and The Witch -- "Roaming the Earth": Satan in The Last Temptation of Christ and The Passion of the Christ -- Lucifer, Gabriel, and the Angelic Will in The Prophecy and Constantine -- Advocating for Satan: The Parousia-Inspired Horror Genre -- List of Contributors -- Index

Call Number

MFL 21-3470

ISBN

• 9780823297900
• 082329790X
• 9780823297894
• 0823297896

LCCN

• 2021037941
• 40030780296

OCLC

1233167891

Title

Giving the devil his due : Satan and cinema / Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock and Regina M. Hansen, editors.

Publisher

New York : Fordham University Press, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew, editor.

Hansen, Regina, editor.

Other Form:

ebook version : 9780823297917

Other Standard Identifier

40030780296

Research Call Number

MFL 21-3470