| Description |
viii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Pt. 1 : Introduction : From cave shadows to the silver screen: the wisdom of cinemyth -- From formalism to cinemasophia: film analysis -- Pt. 2: Masculine monsters - The sailor who fell from grace with the sea : The religion of the Nietzschean Samurai Warriors -- The seventh seal : a morality play of the feminine principle -- It's a wonderful life : Saint George and the dragon --- Insignificance : The destruction of universal significance --- A year of the quiet sun : Amazing grace -- Shane : The ambivalent, violent prince of peace -- Babette's feast and The cook, the thief, his wife and her lover : Two stories of redemptive ritual sacrifice -- Pt. 3: Little shop of horrors : The battle between heaven and earth -- The trip to Bountiful : Paradise regained -- The graduate : The terrible mother from the black lagoon -- Blue velvet : Embracing the shadow -- Santa sangre : The bloody alchemy of the soul -- Pt. 4: Unorthodox messiahs and seeing -- Rumble fish : The motorcycle messiah -- Taxi driver : The mad messiah of historic Christian art -- Repo man : A prophet of time travel -- Field of dreams : Seeing the invisible -- Epilogue |
| Analysis |
Films (Motion pictures) |
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BABETTES GAESTEBUD (DK, Gabriel Axel, 1987) |
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BLUE VELVET (US, David Lynch, 1986) |
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COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE (NE/FR, Peter Greenaway, 1989) |
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FIELD OF DREAMS (US, Phil Alden Robinson, 1989) |
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GRADUATE, THE (US, Mike Nichols, 1967) |
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INSIGNIFICANCE (UK, Nicolas Roeg, 1985) |
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (US, Frank Capra, 1946) |
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (US, Frank Oz, 1986) |
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LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, THE (US, Roger Corman, 1960) |
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MYTH AND THE CINEMA |
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REPO MAN (US, Alex Cox, 1984) |
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ROK SPOKOJNEGO SLONCA (PL/US/GW, Krzysztof Zanussi, 1984) |
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RUMBLE FISH (US, Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) |
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SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA, THE (UK, Lewis John Carlino, 1976) |
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SANTA SANGRE (IT, Alexandro Jodorowsky, 1989) |
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SHANE (US, George Stevens, 1953) |
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SJUNDE INSEGLET, DET (SW, Ingmar Bergman, 1957) |
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TAXI DRIVER (US, Martin Scorsese, 1976) |
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TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, THE (US, Peter Masterson, 1985) |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-319) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-319) |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Subject |
Culture in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures.
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Myth.
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Popular culture.
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| LC no. |
91053098 |
| ISBN |
0877736456 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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