Viewing Terrence Malick's "A Hidden Life" as Political Theology: Toward Theocinematics
In this article, I bring Terrence Malick's 2019 film, A Hidden Life, into conversation with two of philosopher Paul Ricoeur's concepts: (1) the "social imaginary" as the interplay of ideals, images, ideologies and utopias, and (2) Ricoeur's description of the genre of "...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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2023
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The journal of religion and film
Έτος: 2023, Τόμος: 27, Τεύχος: 2, Σελίδες: 1-37 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Paul Ricoeur
B Film criticism B Parable B Theological Aesthetics B Political Theology B Theology and film B Terrence Malick B Social Imaginary B A Hidden Life |
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| Σύνοψη: | In this article, I bring Terrence Malick's 2019 film, A Hidden Life, into conversation with two of philosopher Paul Ricoeur's concepts: (1) the "social imaginary" as the interplay of ideals, images, ideologies and utopias, and (2) Ricoeur's description of the genre of "parable" as a narrative-metaphor which provokes a "re-orientation by disorientation" within an audience’s imagination. Drawing from Ricoeur's thought, I apply a theological film criticism I call "theocinematics" to A Hidden Life in order to call attention to the ways in which the cinematic form itself engenders sociopolitical and theological thought. Through emphasizing film aesthetics in my analysis, I am ultimately suggesting that A Hidden Life as a cinematic parable has the potential power to affect and inform our social imaginaries for the good. |
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| ISSN: | 1092-1311 |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion and film
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