Viewing Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life" as Political Theology: Toward Theocinematics
In this article, I bring Terrence Malick's 2019 film, A Hidden Life, into conversation with two of philosopher Paul Ricoeur's concepts: (1) the "social imaginary" as the interplay of ideals, images, ideologies and utopias, and (2) Ricoeur's description of the genre of "...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
| Published: |
2023
|
| In: |
The journal of religion and film
Year: 2023, Volume: 27, Issue: 2, Pages: 1-37 |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul Ricoeur
B Film criticism B Parable B Theological Aesthetics B Political Theology B Theology and film B Terrence Malick B Social Imaginary B A Hidden Life |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | In this article, I bring Terrence Malick's 2019 film, A Hidden Life, into conversation with two of philosopher Paul Ricoeur's concepts: (1) the "social imaginary" as the interplay of ideals, images, ideologies and utopias, and (2) Ricoeur's description of the genre of "parable" as a narrative-metaphor which provokes a "re-orientation by disorientation" within an audience’s imagination. Drawing from Ricoeur's thought, I apply a theological film criticism I call "theocinematics" to A Hidden Life in order to call attention to the ways in which the cinematic form itself engenders sociopolitical and theological thought. Through emphasizing film aesthetics in my analysis, I am ultimately suggesting that A Hidden Life as a cinematic parable has the potential power to affect and inform our social imaginaries for the good. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
|
