• AIU
  • Tony Wilmot Memorial Library

Cinematic faith : a Christian perspective on movies and meaning /

Romanowski, William D.,

Cinematic faith : a Christian perspective on movies and meaning / William D. Romanowski. - xii, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-215) and indexes.

Why a Christian approach? -- Culture communicates: Biblical principles for a peculiar means of expression -- Moviemaking magic: poetic portals and the power of perspective -- Creating an illusion of reality: film form and content -- Connecting the dots: style and meaning -- Redemption American style: the melodramatic vision -- The yellow brick road to self-realization: classical Hollywood cinema -- "Blam, splat, kapow, mostly bloodless.": American action-adventure movies -- Stop taking my hand! Gender and mainstream Hollywood.

9780801098659 9781540962058

2018036416

PN1995.9.R4 / R66 2019

791.43/6823