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Report From Sundance 2004: Religion In Independent Film, William L. Blizek
Report From Sundance 2004: Religion In Independent Film, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
This is the report from the Sundance Film Festival 2004.
The Invisible Body Of God: Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man, Melissa Conroy
The Invisible Body Of God: Paul Verhoeven's Hollow Man, Melissa Conroy
Journal of Religion & Film
The argument of this paper concerns the identity of God in Verhoeven's Hollow Man (2000). In Hollow Man the position of the subject is mirrored by the empty position of God: both are revealed as essentially empty positions. Drawing on Lacan's reading of Biblical commandments and Hollow Man's analogy to the story of Cain and Abel, this paper argues for a re-reading of the mirror stage's role in film theory. This paper has two aims: to draw out the theological implications of Lacan's understanding of ethics and to reconsider, in light of this understanding, an ethics of the mirror …
The Ustad: Domesticating The Other From With(In/Out), Anilkumar Payyappilly Vijayan
The Ustad: Domesticating The Other From With(In/Out), Anilkumar Payyappilly Vijayan
Journal of Religion & Film
With the help of a post-90 film of Keralam - a state that has acquired a literacy rate of above 95 percent and projects itself as liberal and secular by not conceding even a single seat to the Hindutva forces either in the State Legislative Assembly or the Central Parliament after its formation in 1956 - I plan to demonstrate how hegemonic ideologies of history and religion oozed into the sphere of aesthetic representation. The narrative of the film The Ustad oscillates between the two polarities of the Janus-faced hero. And my expectation in the following pages is to point …
Special Issue: Passion Of The Christ - Editorial, William L. Blizek
Special Issue: Passion Of The Christ - Editorial, William L. Blizek
Journal of Religion & Film
On January 29, 2004, The Journal of Religion and Film and The Center for the Study of Religion and Society sponsored a day long symposium on the issues that have been raised by the soon to be released Mel Gibson movie, The Passion of the Christ. The symposium was hosted by Creighton University and The University of Nebraska at Omaha. The morning sessions were held on the University of Nebraska at Omaha campus and the afternoon sessions were held on the campus of Creighton University. The papers published in this special edition were presented at that symposium on 29 January, …