Research Catalog

Title

Through a lens darkly : tracing redemption in film / Marjorie Hewitt Suchocki.

Author

Suchocki, Marjorie.

Publication

• Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books [2015]
• ©2015

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Details

Description

xi, 121 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

What if we ask questions concerning sin and redemption outside of the religious or theological milieu? After all, "sin" functions something like religious code language for that which is problematic in human existence. But all humans deal with our fragility and our penchant for harming ourselves or others, and all humans seek to resolve these issues. Might the religious community learn from those outside our gates? Accordingly, in this book a theologian seeks to gain insight from the way seven outstanding filmmakers of our time set up the problems of human existence and seek to resolve them over a series of their films. Explore with her how Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Spike Lee, the Coen brothers, John Sayles, Ang Lee, and Terrence Malick define human problems and explore resolutions; mark the overlap with Christianity, but more importantly, ponder the contrasts. You'll never watch films the same way again! --Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Tracing redemption in film

Subject

• Redemption in motion pictures
• Motion pictures > Religious aspects
• Christianity and culture

Note

• Includes filmography (pages 119-121).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Clint Eastwood: Violence and Resolution -- Woody Allen: Meaning, Morality, Mortality -- Spike Lee: Doing the Right Thing -- Joel and Ethan Coen: Tragedy, Comedy, Absurdity -- John Sayles: Corruptions -- Ang Lee: Beauty and the Beasts -- Epilogue: Terrence Malick and Tree of Life.

ISBN

• 9781498203135
• 1498203132

OCLC

900799298

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library