Holy fool in European cinema /
Alina G. Birzache.
- 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Routledge studies in religion and film ; 6 .
GBP 36.99 TB2189/2
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
The Pauline holy fool and its successors? -- Speaking truth to power: the holy fool in Soviet and Russian cinema -- Holy fools in the films of Andrei Tarkovsky -- The suffering fool in French cinema -- The Bressonian holy fool -- The fool's challenge to reason in Danish cinema -- Idiocy as technique: the Dogme 95 movement -- Conclusion.
9781138368583
Holy fools in motion pictures. Religion in motion pictures. Motion pictures--History.--Europe