Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Wonder and Religion in American Cinema

This book elucidates the film-watching impulse through the prism of religion. It illustrates how films utilize religious themes and theological motifs to convey a sense of wonder while offering new interpretations of the films of Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Richard Linklater, and other leading American directors.

List of contents

Foreword

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Introduction

Chapter 1: To the Wonder

Chapter 2: Renoir

Chapter 3: The End of the Tour

Chapter 4: Nebraska

Chapter 5: Boyhood

Chapter 6: Exodus: Gods and Kings

Chapter 7: Ex Machina

Chapter 8: Adaptation

Chapter 9: Gravity

Chapter 10: Magic in the Moonlight

Chapter 11: Inside Llewyn Davis

Chapter 12: All is Lost

Chapter 13: Roger Ebert-In Memorium

Chapter 14: Hollywood, the Oscars, and the Missing Modern Jew

Chapter 15: The Great Beauty

Chapter 16: Grand Budapest Hotel

Chapter 17: The Big Short

Chapter 18: La La Land

Chapter 19: Blue Jasmine

Chapter 20: The Wolf of Wall Street

Chapter 21: Museum Hours

Chapter 22: Life Itself

Chapter 23: The Great Gatsby

Chapter 24: Tree of Life

Chapter 25: The Revenant

Bibliography

Index of Films Referenced

About the Author

About the author

By Daniel Ross Goodman - Foreword by Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Ross Goodman
• Assisted by: Irving (Yitz) Greenberg (Foreword)
• Publisher: University Press Of America
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2020
• EAN: 9780761872238
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-7223-8
• No. of pages: 162
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; RELIGION / General, Religion & beliefs, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Religion and beliefs, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism