Art Cinema and Theology : The Word Was Made Film

This Book Examines Postmodern Theology And How It Relates To The Cinematic Style Of Robert Bresson, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, And Luis Buñuel. Ponder Demonstrates How These Filmmakers Forefront Religious Issues In Their Use Of Mise En Scène. He Investigates Both The Technical Qualities Of Film Flesh' And Its Theological Features. The Chapters Show How Art Cinema Uses Sound, Editing, Lighting, And Close-ups In Ways That Critique Doctrine's Authoritarianism, As Well As Philosophy's Individualism, To Suggest Postmodern Theologies That Emphasize Community. Through This Book We Learn How The Cinematic Style Of Modernist Auteurs Relates To Postmodern Theology And How The Industry Of Art Cinema Constructs Certain Kinds Of Film-watching Subjectivity. Justin Ponder. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Front Matter ....Pages i-xii Introduction: The Word was Made Film (Justin Ponder)....Pages 1-24 “All Is Grace”: Sound and Grace in Robert Bresson’s Diary of a Country Priest (Justin Ponder)....Pages 25-65 “Life. Yes. Life.”: Editing and Miracles in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet (Justin Ponder)....Pages 67-113 “The Whole Earth Is Full of His Glory”: Lighting and Suffering in Ingmar Bergman’s Winter Light (Justin Ponder)....Pages 115-160 “No One Must Know of This”: Close-up and Heresy in Luis Buñuel’s The Milky Way (Justin Ponder)....Pages 161-201 Conclusion: ... And Dwelt Among Us (Justin Ponder)....Pages 203-209 Back Matter ....Pages 211-214 Annotation Examines postmodern theology and how it relates to the cinematic style of Robert Bresson, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Ingmar Bergman, and Luis Buñuel. Ponder demonstrates how these filmmakers forefront religious issues in their use of mise en scène. He investigates both the technical qualities of film 'flesh' and its theological features. The chapters show how art cinema uses sound, editing, lighting, and close-ups in ways that critique doctrine's authoritarianism, as well as philosophy's individualism, to suggest postmodern theologies that emphasize community.