Salvation from cinema: the medium is the message

Toward a union of medium and message -- Theories of film salvation. Let there be enlightenment: salvation from religion and film -- Light from light: seeing cinema constellations -- Gazing at the stars: nudity on screen -- Breaking the fourth wall: salvation from the screen -- Salvation from film th...

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Main Author: Downing, Crystal L. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: London New York Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2016
In:Year: 2016
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Film / Religion / Redemption
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Religion in motion pictures
B Motion Pictures Religious aspects
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Summary:Toward a union of medium and message -- Theories of film salvation. Let there be enlightenment: salvation from religion and film -- Light from light: seeing cinema constellations -- Gazing at the stars: nudity on screen -- Breaking the fourth wall: salvation from the screen -- Salvation from film theory. Enlightenment as mass deception: certain tendencies in film theory -- The gift of salvation: Derrida and Holocaust cinema -- Seeing cinema differently: salvation from C.S. Peirce -- From delusion to Deleuzean cinema: salvation from Hugo
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index
ISBN:1138913944