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The Challenge of the Silver Screen

The Challenge of the Silver Screen

An Analysis of the Cinematic Portraits of Jesus, Rama, Buddha and Muhammad

by Freek L. Bakker
Hardback
Publication Date: 30/09/2009

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In 1897 - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about Jesus appeared. This and other films about Jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like Rama, Buddha and Muhammad. Although religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believers.

This book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beings. This book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary world.
ISBN:
9789004168619
9789004168619
Category:
Religion: general
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
30-09-2009
Language:
English
Publisher:
Brill
Country of origin:
Netherlands
Pages:
282
Dimensions (mm):
244x165x20mm
Weight:
0.62kg

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