Through a Catholic Lens Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World

by Malone, Peter; Pacatte, Rose; Friedman, Greg; Ortiz, Gaye; Roux, Maggie; Gallagher, Michael Paul; Openshaw, Claire; Vigano, Dario; Rix, Rob; Epstein, Jan; Baugh, Lloyd; Malone, Peter; Cruz, Nick; de Barros, Jose Tavares; Yanez, Ricardo; Orso, Luis Garcia;

• ISBN13: 9780742552319
• ISBN10: 0742552314
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Movie texts are often examined for subtexts and for the way that they dramatize social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Through a Catholic Lens looks at the Catholic subtext through a collectioin of studies of 19 film directors from around the world whose Catholic backgrounds can be found in their writing and directing.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Anglo-Celtic Catholicism
A Song That Will Not Die: The Films of Terence Davies	p. 11
Two Films of Neil Jordan: In an Irish Context	p. 25
Revisiting the Devil's Playground: The Films of Fred Schepisi	p. 33
Catholicism, Mainstream American
Her Household Saints: Nancy Savoca's Saints	p. 47
Parables on Screen: John Sayles and Men with Guns	p. 57
Catholicism and the Iberian Peninsula
The Mother of All Redemptions: Almodovar's All About My Mother	p. 75
Solidarity, Sharing, and Compassion: Walter Salles's Central do Brasil (Central Station)	p. 85
Observer of Everyday Life: Carlos Carrera and El Crimen del Padre Amaro (The Crime of Father Amaro)	p. 97
The Son of Man (Facing Southeast): Jesus Christ in Eliseo Subiela's Films	p. 103
Catholicism beyond Europe: Africa and Asia
Finding His Place in Society, Local Stories with a Universal and Spiritual Dimension: Filmmaking by Gaston Kabore	p. 119
The Legacy of Lino Brocka	p. 131
Catholic, Agnostic, Atheist
Sacrilege, Satire, or Statement of Faith? Ways of Reading Luis Bunuel's Viridiana	p. 145
The Christian Moral Vision of a Believing Atheist: Krzysztof Kieslowski's Decalogue Films	p. 157
Jesus de Montreal: The Vision of Denys Arcand	p. 173
Catholic-Jewish Relationships
Memory's Progress: Ambiguity in Louis Malle's Au Revoir les Enfants	p. 193
Roberto Benigni as Director: Toward an Analysis of Values	p. 203
Land of Promise: Reflections on Andrzej Wajda's Merchants of Lodz	p. 209
Catholicism: Past and Future
Following His True Passion: Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ	p. 225
View Askewed in Dogma: Kevin Smith-A Funny Guy?	p. 239
Index	p. 253
About the Contributors	p. 269
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