TY - BOOK AU - Romanowski,William D. TI - Cinematic faith: a Christian perspective on movies and meaning SN - 9780801098659 AV - PN1995.9.R4 R66 2019 U1 - 791.43/6823 23 KW - Religion in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures KW - Religious aspects KW - Moral and ethical aspects N1 - 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 ER -