A01=Robert Benne
Author_Robert Benne
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Product details
- ISBN 9780761812685
- Weight: 191g
- Dimensions: 136 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 29 Oct 1998
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Seeing is Believing demonstrates that serious dramatic films usually express deeply-running visions of life, designated as Christian, Greek, American or skeptical. The author provides a narrative analysis that investigates these "deep structures," the mythic elements embedded in the films, while paying close attention to the comprehensive meaning of the whole film, not just the themes or implications that may be identified in the film's discrete parts. His analysis introduces a new and exciting method of film interpretation that developed succinctly through a narrative style that shows how the concepts are applied to films, relying more on understanding than memorization. The author also includes appendices that list effective questions for use in discussing movies, and a list of movies that work well with the book's method of analysis.
Robert Benne is Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion, Chair of the Department of Religion and Philosophy, and Director of the Center for Church and Society at Roanoke College.
