Useless beauty :
Johnston, Robert K., 1945-
Useless beauty : Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film / Robert K. Johnston. - Eugene, OR. : WIPF& STOCK, c2004. - 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
A battered optimism : Ecclesiastes and our contemporary context -- The existentialist alternative : Akira Kurosawa and Woody Allen -- Death and life : Alan Ball and American beauty -- The saddest happy ending : Paul Thomas Anderson and Magnolia -- Chance and fate : Tom Tykwer and Run Lola run -- An ambiguous joy : Marc Forster and Monster's ball -- Can God be in this? : M. Night Shyamalan and Signs -- Confessions of a workaholic : Alexander Payne, election, and about Schmidt -- Humanity at full stretch : let the preacher respond.
9781610978293
2004007267
Bible. --Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Ecclesiastes
Motion pictures--Christianity.--Religious aspects
BS1475.52 / .J64 2004
Useless beauty : Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film / Robert K. Johnston. - Eugene, OR. : WIPF& STOCK, c2004. - 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index.
A battered optimism : Ecclesiastes and our contemporary context -- The existentialist alternative : Akira Kurosawa and Woody Allen -- Death and life : Alan Ball and American beauty -- The saddest happy ending : Paul Thomas Anderson and Magnolia -- Chance and fate : Tom Tykwer and Run Lola run -- An ambiguous joy : Marc Forster and Monster's ball -- Can God be in this? : M. Night Shyamalan and Signs -- Confessions of a workaholic : Alexander Payne, election, and about Schmidt -- Humanity at full stretch : let the preacher respond.
9781610978293
2004007267
Bible. --Criticism, interpretation, etc.--Ecclesiastes
Motion pictures--Christianity.--Religious aspects
BS1475.52 / .J64 2004