Catholics in the Movies

by Colleen McDannell

Book Overview

Catholicism was all over movie screens in 2004. Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ was at the center of a media firestorm for months. A priest was a crucial character in the Academy Award-winning Million Dollar Baby. Everyone, it seemed, was talking about how religious stories should be
represented, marketed, and received. Catholic characters, spaces, and rituals have been stock features in popular films since the silent era. An intensely visual...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195306570
• ISBN13: 9780195306576
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.9"