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Chargement... Giving the Devil His Due: Satan and Cinemapar Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock (Directeur de publication), Regina M. Hansen (Directeur de publication)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. This book is a collection of essays about how the Devil has been portrayed on screen since the earliest times of cinema. It shows how even from the earliest times Lucifer / Satan/ The Devil has been a popular figure to portray onscreen. Initially these films tended to use folklore and traditional tales as their basis and Faust was used as a source for some of the earliest films made in a post WW1 Germany. The essays use a wide variety of films to illustrate their narratives, from some of the very first movies in the late 1800’s right up until the 2005 film ‘Constantine’ and even include discussion on Disney’s use of the Devil on screen. The book focuses on how these films tended to change how the Devil was pictured and portrayed dependent on the era in which the films were made and these representations not only reflected this but also the social morals, anxieties and beliefs of the era in which they were made. As a fan of the movies, I found this book to be an enjoyable and interesting read, which benefitted from the way it was set out in short essay form so it was a book that was easy to read in short segments if needed. ( ) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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"The first collection of essays to address Satan's ubiquitous and popular appearances in film Lucifer and cinema have been intertwined since the origins of the medium. As humankind's greatest antagonist and the incarnation of pure evil, the cinematic devil embodies our own culturally specific anxieties and desires, reflecting moviegoers' collective conceptions of good and evil, right and wrong, sin and salvation. Giving the Devil His Due is the first book of its kind to examine the history and significance of Satan onscreen. This collection explores how the devil is not just one monster among many, nor is he the "prince of darkness" merely because he has repeatedly flickered across cinema screens in darkened rooms since the origins of the medium. Satan is instead a force active in our lives. Films featuring the devil, therefore, are not just flights of fancy but narratives, sometimes reinforcing, sometimes calling into question, a familiar belief system. From the inception of motion pictures in the 1890s and continuing into the twenty-first century, these essays examine what cinematic representations tell us about the art of filmmaking, the desires of the film-going public, what the cultural moments of the films reflect, and the reciprocal influence they exert. Loosely organized chronologically by film, though some chapters address more than one film, this collection studies such classic movies as Faust, Rosemary's Baby, The Omen, Angel Heart, The Witch, and The Last Temptation of Christ, as well as the appearance of the Devil in Disney animation. Guiding the contributions to this volume is the overarching idea that cinematic representations of Satan reflect not only the hypnotic powers of cinema to explore and depict the fantastic but also shifting social anxieties and desires that concern human morality and our place in the universe. Contributors: Simon Bacon, Katherine A. Fowkes, Regina Hansen, David Hauka, Russ Hunter, Barry C. Knowlton, Eloise R. Knowlton, Murray Leeder, Catherine O'Brien, R. Barton Palmer, Carl H. Sederholm, David Sterritt, J. P. Telotte, Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)791.43The arts Recreational and performing arts Public performances Film, Radio, and Television FilmClassification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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