Luminous
Subtitle: The Spiritual Life on Film
Publisher: McFarland
Published: Jan 28, 2014
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780786476428
Description: "This book explores different aspects of the spiritual life as projected in nearly 300 movies, of which 60 are essential viewing. A dozen themes have been identified in which to group them. Two types of film were excluded: escapist fantasy and the religious costume drama. The final selection are films of highly serious intent"--
Notes: Source title: Luminous: The Spiritual Life on Film