Climbing a ladder to heaven: Gnostic vision of the world in Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Contemporary film-makers quite willingly employ motifs typical of various gnostic trends. The author shows that ancient gnosticism is a treasury of motifs and a source of aesthetical and narrative strategies present in contemporary cinema. The article treats Jacob’s Ladder (1990, dir. Adrian Lyne) w...

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Main Author: Kwiatkowski, Fryderyk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2015
In: The journal of religion and film
Year: 2015, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-30
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Jacob's ladder (Film) / Gnosis
RelBib Classification:BF Gnosticism
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ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Gnosis gnosticism spirituality mind-game films puzzle films
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