God in the movies
Subtitle: a guide for exploring four decades of film
By: edited by Catherine M. Barsotti and Robert K. Johnston ; foreword by Ralph Winter
Publisher: Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9781587433900
Subjects: Christianity in motion pictures; Motion pictures; Religious aspects
Description: pages cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Ralph Winter; title: Introduction: Film and faith: welcome to a maturing conversation / Robert K. Johnston and Catherine M. Barsotti; title: The '80s: a decade of changes / Barry Taylor; title: 1. Amadeus (d. Forman, 1984, US) /  / Kutter Callaway; title: 2. Babette's feast (d. Axel, 1987, Denmark) / Lauralee Farrer; title: 3. Chariots of fire (d. Hudson, 1981, US/UK) / Joseph C. Gallagher; title: 4. Crimes and misdemeanors (d. Allen, 1989, US) / Eugene Suen; title: 5. Do the right thing (d. Lee, 1989, US) / Avril Z. Speaks; title: 6. The Elephant Man (d. Lynch, 1980, US/UK) / Joseph C. Gallagher; title: 7. Field of dreams (d. Robinson, 1989, US) / Robert K. Johnston; title: 8. The mission (d. Joffé, 1986, UK/France) / Kutter Callaway; title: 9. Places in the heart (d. Benton, 1984, US) / Elijah Davidson; title: 10. Wings of desire (d. Wenders, 1987, Germany) / Craig Detweiler; title: The '90s: A Bridge Decade / Barry Taylor; title: 11. American beauty (d. Mendes, 1999, US) / Avril Z. Speaks; title: 12. Breaking the waves (d. von Trier, 1996, Denmark/Sweden/France/Netherlands/Norway) / Lauralee Farrer; title: 13. Dead man walking (d. Robbins, 1995, US) / Avril Z. Speaks; title: 14. Groundhog day (d. Ramis, 1993, US) / Elijah Davidson; title: 15. To live (d. Zhang, 1994, China) / Eugene Suen; title: 16. Magnolia (d. Anderson, 1999, US) / Robert K. Johnston; title: 17. The piano (d. Campion, 1993, New Zealand/Australia/France) / Lauralee Farrer; title: 18. The Shawshank redemption (d. Darabont, 1994, US) / Robert K. Johnston; title: 19. Three colors: blue (d. Kieślowski, 1993, France/Poland) / Lauralee Farrer; title: 20. Unforgiven (d. Eastwood, 1992, US) / Elijah Davidson; title: The '00s: a decade of the unexpected / Barry Taylor; title: 21. Children of men (d. Cuarón, 2006, UK/US/Japan) / Mathew P. John; title: 22. Lars and the real girl (d. Gillespie, 2007, US) / Catherine M. Barsotti; title: 23. Munyurangabo (d. Chung, 2008, Rwanda/US) / Robert K. Johnston; title: 24. Secret sunshine (d. Lee, 2007, South Korea) / Eugene Suen; title: 25. A serious man (d. Coen and Coen, 2009, US) / Elijah Davidson; title: 26. The son (d. Dardenne and Dardenne, 2002, Belgium/France) / Eugene Suen; title: 27. There will be blood (d. Anderson, 2007, US) / Lauralee Farrer; title: 28. Up (d. Docter and Peterson, 2009, US) / Joseph C. Gallagher; title: 29. WALL" E (d. Stanton, 2008, US) / Elijah Davidson - 30. Water (d. Mehta, 2005, Canada/India) / Mathew P. John; title: The '10s: a decade for spirituality / Barry Taylor; title: 31. The adjustment bureau (d. Nolfi, 2011, US) / Catherine M. Barsotti and Mathew P. John; title: 32. Calvary (d. McDonagh, 2014, Ireland/UK) / Catherine M. Barsotti; title: 33. Get low (d. Schneider, 2010, US) / Catherine M. Barsotti; title: 34. Life of Pi (d. Lee, 2012, US) / Avril Z. Speaks - 35. Noah (d. Aronofsky, 2014, US) / Kutter Callaway; title: 36. Of gods and men (d. Beauvois, 2010, France) / Catherine M. Barsotti; title: 37. The tree of life (d. Malick, 2011, US) / Robert K. Johnston; title: 38. True grit (d. Coen and Coen, 2010, US) / Kutter Callaway; title: 39. 12 years a slave (d. McQueen, 2013, US/UK) / Elijah Davidson; title: 40. Zero dark thirty (d. Bigelow, 2012, US) / Avril Z. Speaks; title: Appendix 1: Movies listed by biblical text; title: Appendix 2: Movies listed by theological topic.