Grace, Pamela <br/><br/>
The religious film :  Christianity and the hagiopic / 
Pamela Grace 
 - Chichester, U.K. ;  Malden, Mass. :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2009 
 - xii, 180 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
 - New approaches to film genre ;  4 .
 - New approaches to film genre ;  4 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-169) and index 
<br/><br/>The religious film and the hagiopic -- Historical overview -- Critical overview -- King of Kings (1961): spectacle and anti-spectacle -- The Song of Bernadette (1943): the religious comfort film -- Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) and Jesus Christ Superstar (2000): the religious musical -- The Gospel According to Matthew (1964) and Jesus of Montreal (1989): the alternative hagiopic -- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999): transcendence and exploitation -- The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and The Passion of the Christ (2004): the sacrificial hagiopic   
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781405160254 (hardcover : alk. paper) 140516025X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9781405160261 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1405160268 (pbk. : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Religious films--History and criticism<br/>Religion in motion pictures