Bible and cinema : fifty key films / / edited by Adele Reinhartz

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910779446703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Routledge, , 2013
• ISBN: 1-136-18399-X; 0-415-67719-X; 0-203-08326-1; 1-283-89441-6; 1-136-18400-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Collana: Routledge key guides
• Altri autori (Persone): ReinhartzAdele <1953->
• Disciplina: 791.43/682
• Soggetti: Bible films - History and criticism; Motion pictures - Religious aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: BIBLE AND CINEMA: FIFTY KEY FILMS; Copyright; Contents; Alphabetical list of entries; Chronological list of entries; Classified list of entries; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films; 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Aguirre: The Wrath of God (Aguirre: Der Zorn Gottes) (1972); Apocalypse Now (1979); Babette's Feast (1987); Bagdad Cafe (1987); Being There (1979); Ben-Hur (1959); Blade Runner (1982); Blue (1993); Breaking the Waves (1996); Cape Fear (1991); Children of Men (2006); Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); Cool Hand Luke (1967); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)David and Bathsheba (1951); Dead Man Walking (1995); Dogma (1999); Frankenstein (1931); From the Manger to the Cross (1912); Godspell (1973); The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964); Gran Torino (2008); The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); The Green Pastures (1936); Independence Day (1996); Intolerance: Love's Struggle through the Ages (1916); Jesus Christ Superstar (1973); Jesus of Montreal (1989); Jesus of Nazareth (1977); Joan the Maid: The Battles/The Prisons (1994); Kagemusha (1980); King of Kings (1961); The King of Kings (1927); The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)The Life of Moses (1909-1910); ; Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979); The Night of the Hunter (1955); One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975); The Passion of the Christ (2004); The Prince of Egypt (1998); The Robe (1953); Salome (1923, 1953); Samson and Delilah (1949); A Serious Man (2009); Shane (1953); Sling Blade (1996); Son of Man (Jezile) (2006); Superman (1978); The Ten Commandments (1956); Film and television index; Index to ancient sources; Subject index
• Sommario/riassunto: Movies which have drawn inspiration from the Bible, either directly or indirectly, have been extremely popular since the earliest days of cinema. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films introduces a wide range of those movies, which are among the most important, critically-acclaimed and highest-grossing films of all time, including:The King of Kings Ben-Hur The Passion of the Christ FrankensteinClose Encounters of the Third Kind2001: A Space Odyssey Apocalypse Now Monty Python's Life of Brian. Written b