Image & likeness : religious visions in American film classics / edited by John R. May.
| Other author | May, John R. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Paulist Press, ©1992. |
| Description | vi, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Series | Isaac Hecker studies in religion and American culture Isaac Hecker studies in religion and American culture. ^A224532 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Part One. Composition and fundamental attitudes : Comic rhyth, ambiguity and hope in City Lights / Jack Coogan -- The Grapes of Wrath : The poor you always have with you / Philip C. Rule -- High Noon : On the uncertanity of certainty / Ann-Janine Morey -- 2001 : A Space Odyssey and the search for a center / James M. Wall -- Part Two. Mythic allusions and the demonic heart : Citizen Kane : Descent into the demonic / George Garrelts -- Sunset Boulevard : Twilight of the gods / Michael Thomas Morris -- The Godfather films : Birth of a don, death of a family / John R. May -- Part Three. Movement and rebirth : The Wizard of Oz and other mythic rites of passage / J. Scott Cochrane -- The Treasure of Sierra Madre : Spiritual quest and studio patriarchy / Peter Valenti -- On the Waterfront : Rebirth of a 'contenduh' / Neil P. Hurley -- The art of 'seeing' : Classic paintings and Ben-Hur / Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Part Four. Montage and transforming love : Love and duty in Casablanca / Mara E. Donaldson -- Notorious : Penance as a paradigm of redemption / Harold Hatt -- It's a Wonderful Life : Divine Benevolence and love of neighbor / Robert E. Lauder -- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : A salvific drama of liberation / Charles B. Ketcham -- Part Five. Other forms, other visions -- Appendix. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-195) and index. |
| Other forms | Also issued online. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Image & likeness. New York : Paulist Press, ©1992 |
| Genre/form | Aufsatzsammlung. |
| Other title | Image and likeness. |
| LCCN | 91031249 |
| ISBN | 0809132869 |
| ISBN | 9780809132867 |