Birzache, Alina G.,

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

791.43682 BIR