The Religious Film: Christianity and the Hagiopic (New Approaches to Film Genre)

From "The Gospel According to Matthew" to "Jesus Christ Superstar, " from The "Passion of Joan of Arc" to "The Last Temptation of Christ" and "Jesus of Montreal," "The Religious Film" captures the glory, gore, and centrality of this important genre.A short, accessible introduction to religious film, exploring the genre as spectacle, as musical, and as controversyExamines the historical, cultural and critical background for religious films from the silent era through to the present dayIntroduces the complexities and characteristics of this iconic genre of film, including common sounds and images, and the values that most traditional films of this kind uphold