The Religious Film: Christianity and the Hagiopic

by Pamela Grace

From The Gospel According to Matthew to Jesus Christ Superstar, from The Passion of Joan of Arc to The Last Temptation of Christ and Jesus of Montreal , The Religious Film captures the glory, gore, and centrality of this important genre. A short, accessible introduction to religious film, exploring the genre as spectacle, as musical, and as controversy Examines the historical, cultural and critical background for religious films from the silent era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405160268
• ISBN13: 9781405160261
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"