TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnston, Robert K., 
TI  - Useless beauty: Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film 
SN  - 9781610978293
AV  - BS1475.52 .J64 2004
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Eugene, OR.
PB  - WIPF& STOCK
KW  - Bible.
KW  - Ecclesiastes
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Motion pictures
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity
N1  - 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
ER  -