Through a Screen Darkly Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies

Name: Through a Screen Darkly Looking Closer at Beauty, Truth and Evil in the Movies
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ISBN: 9780830743155

ISBN-10: 0830743154

ISBN-13: 9780830743155

Edition: 2008

Authors: Jeffrey Overstreet

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Welcome to the confessions of a Christian moviegoer. Jeffrey Overstreet, film enthusiast and movie reviewer, takes readers on a journey that spans the globe. From a desert scene in Mongolia to a galaxy far, far away, you'll explore the power of cinematic journeys to introduce life-changing new insights. While visiting the angels of Wings of Desire and the inquisitive British newcomers of The New World, he'll show you how different characters, different worldviews and different experiences offer pieces of a larger truth. Examining methods and styles employed by Martin Scorsese, Tony Scott, Paul Thomas Anderson, Akira Kurosawa and Krzysztof Kieslowski, he highlights the ways in which art and…

Book details

List price: $17.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Gospel Light Publications
Publication date: 2/5/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 352
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



How We Watch



How a Camel Made a Grown Man Cry


The Story of the Weeping Camel


Dances with Wolves


Chariots of Fire, and more



Viewer Discretion Advised


Don't Come Knocking



A Feast of Movies


Babette's Feast



Wonders of Heaven and Earth


Close Encounters of the Third Kind Wings of Desire



Saving the World



Coming to the Rescue


The Empire Strikes Back


The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring


Raiders of the Lost Ark


A Man for All Seasons


Gosford Park



A Personal History of Violence


Man on Fire


Unforgiven



The Least of These


Born into Brothels


The Motorcycle Diaries



Fools and Jokers



Suffering Fools Gladly


The Fisher King


Forrest Gump


Amadeus


Ordet



Laughing at My Reflection


Saved!



Art of Darkness



One Is the Loneliest Number


Taxi Driver


Punch-Drunk Love


Code Unknown



Making Darkness Visible


Alien


The Exorcism of Emily Rose



Judgments of the Heart


Apocalypse Now


Titanic


Dead Poet's Society


Ikiru



Summoned by Music and Light



Pours Forth Speech


Three Colors: Blue


The New World



Chasing the Light


Additional Resources


Recommended Titles for Film Discussion Groups


A Word from the Author About Post-viewing Discussions