Christ-figures : there on our screens / Peter Malone
- Bib ID:
- 8664575
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Malone, Peter, author
- Description:
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- Bayswater, Vic : Coventry Press, 2022
- ??2022
- 117 pages ; 22 cm
- ISBN:
- 9781922589200
- Summary:
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"...Christ-figures - there on our screens is a fascinating insight into more than thirty films that the author explores for their - generally hidden - portrayals of characteristics that reflect the life and teaching of Jesus in the Gospels..." -- back cover.
- Full contents:
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- Films and character: The last temptation of christ, Jesus
- On the waterfront, Father Barry
- The miracle worker, Annie Sullivan
- To kill a mockingbird, Atticus Finch
- The sound of music, Maria von Trap
- Cries and whispers, Agnes
- Storm boy, Fingerbone
- Star wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi
- Silkwood, Karen Silkwood
- Gorillas in the mist, Dian Fossey
- Babette's feast, Babette
- Awakening, Dr Malcolm Sayer
- Edward scissorhands, Edward
- Mr Holland's opus, Glenn Holland
- Dead man walking, Sister Helen Prejean
- Amazing grace, William Wilberforce
- The courageous heart of Irena, Irena Sendler
- Invictus, Nelson Mandela
- The hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen
- Selma, Martin Luther King Jr
- Hacksaw ridge, Desmond Doss
- On the basis of sex, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- A beautiful day in the neighbourhood, Mr Rogers
- Radioactive, Madame Curie
- Nomadland, Fern.
- Notes:
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- At head of title: Gospel values in film.
- Scripture quotations from the Jerusalem Bible 1966.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
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- Publication date:
- 2022
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