{"product_id":"the-religious-film-9781405160261","title":"The Religious Film","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLush, vaguely liturgical music floods the theater. A sonorous offscreen male voice slowly articulates the words, And it was written... or In the year...  On the screen, clouds mysteriously separate, and a semi-transparent figure appears in the sky... This is the religious film.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The book is well referenced and illustrated...the bibliography and overviews would be useful to anyone interested in this field of study. Pamela Grace is to be congratulated on this useful addition.\" (\u003ci\u003eHistorical Journal of Film, Radio and Television\u003c\/i\u003e, June 2010)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures.  \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Introduction: The Religious Film and the Hagiopic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Historical Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Critical Overview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eKing of Kings\u003c\/i\u003e (1961): Spectacle and Anti-Spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eThe Song of Bernadette\u003c\/i\u003e (1943): The Religious Comfort Film.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eJesus Christ Superstar\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) and \u003ci\u003eJesus Christ Superstar\u003c\/i\u003e (2000): The Religious Musical.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to Matthew\u003c\/i\u003e (1964) and \u003ci\u003eJesus of Montreal\u003c\/i\u003e (1989): The Alternative Hagiopic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of Joan of Arc\u003c\/i\u003e (1928) and \u003ci\u003eThe Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc\u003c\/i\u003e (1999): Transcendence and Exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. \u003ci\u003eThe Last Temptation of Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (1988) and \u003ci\u003eThe Passion of the Christ\u003c\/i\u003e (2004): The Sacrificial Hagiopic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49529334202711,"sku":"9781405160261","price":36.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405160261.jpg?v=1731875212","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-religious-film-9781405160261","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}