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Lars von Trier's cinema : excess, evil, and the prophetic voice / Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ver Straten-McSparran, Rebecca, author.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in religion and film
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Trier, Lars von, 1956---Criticism and interpretation.
- Trier, Lars von.
- Trier, Lars von, 1956-.
- Prophecy in motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Religious aspects.
- Motion pictures.
- Good and evil in motion pictures.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2022.
- System Details:
- text file
- Biography/History:
- Rebecca Ver Straten-McSparran has a PhD in theological aesthetics from King's College London and is former director of the L.A. Film Studies Center. She has an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary and is an ordained minister. Rebecca has executive produced and worked on award-winning films, and currently provides consultation services for higher education film programs, productions, and independent filmmakers.
- Contents:
- Context : prophets and prophecy, Ezekiel, and the spirit
- Artist as prophet : affinities in Dante, Milton, Dostoyevsky, O'Connor, and Tarkovsky
- Aesthetics of prophecy : narrative structures and prophetic themes
- Aesthetics of image, sound, and style : embodying the prophetic voice
- Antichrist : Paradise lost and our capacity for evil
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 08, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Ver Straten-McSparran, Rebecca. Lars von Trier's cinema
- ISBN:
- 9781003171928
- 1003171923
- 9781000427844
- 1000427846
- 9781000427820
- 100042782X
- Publisher Number:
- 40030873200
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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