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God on the Big Screen - by Terry Lindvall (Paperback)

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  • Links film history with church history over the past century, illuminating America's broader relationship with religious currents over time Moments of prayer have been represented in Hollywood movies since the silent era, appearing unexpectedly in films as diverse as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Frankenstein, Amistad, Easy Rider, Talladega Nights, and Alien 3, as well as in religiously inspired classics such as Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments.
  • Author(s): Terry Lindvall
  • 384 Pages
  • Performing Arts, Film

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About the Book



Moments of prayer have been represented in Hollywood movies since the silent era. Lindvall examines how films have reflected, and sometimes sought to prescribe, ideas about how one ought to pray.



Book Synopsis



Links film history with church history over the past century, illuminating America's broader relationship with religious currents over time

Moments of prayer have been represented in Hollywood movies since the silent era, appearing unexpectedly in films as diverse as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Frankenstein, Amistad, Easy Rider, Talladega Nights, and Alien 3, as well as in religiously inspired classics such as Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments. Here, Terry Lindvall examines how films have reflected, and sometimes sought to prescribe, ideas about how one ought to pray. He surveys the landscape of those films that employ prayer in their narratives, beginning with the silent era and moving through the uplifting and inspirational movies of the Great Depression and World War II, the cynical, anti-establishment films of the 60s and 70s, and the sci-fi and fantasy blockbusters of today. Lindvall considers how the presentation of cinematic prayer varies across race, age, and gender, and places the use of prayer in film in historical context, shedding light on the religious currents at play during those time periods.

God on the Big Screen demonstrates that the way prayer is presented in film during each historical period tells us a great deal about America's broader relationship with religion.



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"Terry Lindvall's book isn't simply about prayer--despite the subtitle--but about the forms that American religion has taken since the emergence of silent films around the turn of the century."-- "Nova Religio"
Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x 1.0 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.1 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Film
Publisher: New York University Press
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Paperback
Author: Terry Lindvall
Language: English
Street Date: August 13, 2019
TCIN: 1005552141
UPC: 9781479892617
Item Number (DPCI): 247-39-6628
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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