Faithscapes, Femalescapes and Townscapes: Interpreting the Bible in Film

by Athalya Brenner-Idan

Athalya Brenner-Idan provides a cutting-edge study of biblical influences on three films and one television series, namely: Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927), Pleasantville (Gary Ross, 1998), Dogville (Lars von Trier, 2003), and the television series Joan of Arcadia (Barbara Hall, TV series for NBC, 2003-2005).

Brenner-Idan examines and reads these four 'visual texts' together and against each other in order to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567659992
• ISBN13: 9780567659996
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 208 Pages