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Auteur(s) : Zierler, Wendy I.
Titre(s) : Movies and Midrash [Texte imprimé] : popular film and Jewish religious conversation / Wendy I. Zierler ; foreword by Eugene B. Borowitz
Publication : Albany : State University of New York Press, [2017]
Description matérielle : xvii, 309 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-296) and index
"Movies and Midrash uses cinema as a springboard to discuss central Jewish texts and
beliefs. Wendy I. Zierler explores what Jewish tradition, text, and theology have
to say about the lessons and themes arising from influential and compelling films.
The book uses the method of "inverted midrash": while classical rabbinical midrash
begins with exegesis of a verse and then introduces a mashal (parable) as a means
of further explication, Zierler turns that process around, beginning with the culturally
familiar cinematic parable and then analyzing related Jewish texts. Each chapter connects
a secular film to a different central theme in classical Jewish sources or modern
Jewish thought. Films covered include The Truman Show (truth), Memento (memory), Crimes
and Misdemeanors (sin), Magnolia (confession and redemption), The Descendants (birthright),
Forrest Gump (cleverness and simplicity), and The Hunger Games (creation of humanity
in God's image), among others"
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Borowitz, Eugene B. (1924-....). Préfacier
Sujet(s) : Cinéma -- Religion -- Judaïsme
Cinéma -- Aspect moral
Midrash -- Histoire
Juifs -- Au cinéma
Indice(s) Dewey :
791.436 8296 (23e éd.) = Cinéma - Thèmes et concepts religieux - Judaïsme
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781438466156. - ISBN 1438466153. - ISBN 1438466145. - ISBN 9781438466149
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb472322353
Notice n° :
FRBNF47232235
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Table des matières : Chapter 1. The Truman show: truth ; Chapter 2. Magnolia: confession and redemption
; Chapter 3. The descendants: birthright : consent versus descent ; Chapter 4. On
Memento: remaking memory from the outside in ; Chapter 5. Crimes and misdemeanors:
sin ; Chapter 6. Forrest Gump: cleverness and simplicity ; Chapter 7. The King's
speech: speaking God's word ; Chapter 8. Stranger than fiction: God as author ;
Chapter 9. A serious man: parables of Jewishness ; Chapter 10. Exam: tests, trials,
and attachments ; Chapter 11. The hunger games: in God's image ; Conclusion: Moonrise
Kingdom: and the youth shall see visions.
