LEADER 03394nam 22006135 450 001 9910461715903321 005 20210114032312.0 010 $a1-283-86455-X 010 $a0-8135-5241-9 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813552415 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155079 035 $a(EBL)862761 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000614629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11405757 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000614629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10605568 035 $a(PQKB)11776536 035 $a(DE-B1597)529603 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813552415 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC862761 035 $a(OCoLC)1158146075 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155079 100 $a20200526h20062006 fg 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aVisions of Paradise $eImages of Eden in the Cinema /$fWheeler Winston Dixon 210 1$aNew Brunswick, NJ : $cRutgers University Press, $d[2006] 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-3797-5 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tCONTENTS -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter one. The Great Escape -- $tChapter two. Eternal Summer -- $tChapter three. Paradise Now -- $tChapter four. The Uses of Heaven -- $tChapter five. The Promise of the Future -- $tWorks Cited -- $tIndex -- $tABOUT THE AUTHOR 330 $aDepictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utopias were common in popular films. Illustrated throughout with intriguing, rare stills and organized to provide historical context, Visions of Paradise surveys a huge array of films that have offered us glimpses of life free from strife, devoid of pain and privation, and full of harmony. In films such as Moana, White Shadows in the South Seas, The Green Pastures, Heaven Can Wait, The Enchanted Forest, The Bishop's Wife, Carousel, Bikini Beach, and Elvira Madigan, characters and the audience partake in a vision of personal freedom and safety-a zone of privilege and protection that transcends the demands of daily existence. Many of the films discussed are from the 1960s-perhaps the most edenic decade in contemporary cinema, when everything seemed possible and radical change was taken for granted. As Dixon makes clear, however, these films have not disappeared with the dreams of a generation; they continue to resonate today, offering a tonic to the darker visions that have replaced them. 606 $aParadise in motion pictures 606 $aParadise in motion pictures 606 $aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film$2HILCC 606 $aFilm$2HILCC 608 $aElectronic books. 615 4$aParadise in motion pictures. 615 0$aParadise in motion pictures 615 7$aMusic, Dance, Drama & Film 615 7$aFilm 676 $a791.43/672 676 $a791.43672 700 $aDixon$b Wheeler Winston, $4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0855239 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461715903321 996 $aVisions of Paradise$92452571 997 $aUNINA