The challenge of the silver screen
Subtitle: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad
By: by Freek L. Bakker.
Series: Studies in religion and the arts -- v. 1; Studies in religion and the arts -- v. 1.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9789004168619
Subjects: Religion in motion pictures; Religious leaders in motion pictures; Gods in motion pictures; Religious films -- History and criticism; Motion pictures -- Religious aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes filmography and videography.
Table of contents: title: Jesus. A short history; title: Analysis; title: Historical background; title: Many images, one Jesus; title: Rama. The films; title: Historical background; title: The importance of seeing in Hinduism; title: The modern Ramayana Kathas; title: Buddha. The films; title: Historical background; title: Resistance to depicting Buddha in film; title: Thanks to the Hindus and the Westerners; title: Muhammad. The film itself; title: The film's relationship to the Muslim tradition; title: Conclusions; title: Jesus restyled. The Indian Jesus films; title: The South African Jesus film; title: The Jesus film of the African-American Christians; title: Siding with powerless and victims of discrimination; title: Some conclusions. Between tradition and creativity : the importance of the audience; title: Film, narration modes and subjectivity; title: The positions of the actors playing the sacred figures; title: The sacred environment; title: Outside the cultural context of the religions; title: Between the void, images and films : again a key position for the audience.