01812nam a22002657a 4500 AUA.1 20150702120546.0 150611t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2004007267 9781610978293 JTL BS1475.52 .J64 2004 Johnston, Robert K., 1945- 49954 Useless beauty : Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film / Robert K. Johnston. Eugene, OR. : WIPF& STOCK, c2004. 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-200) and index. A battered optimism : Ecclesiastes and our contemporary context -- The existentialist alternative : Akira Kurosawa and Woody Allen -- Death and life : Alan Ball and American beauty -- The saddest happy ending : Paul Thomas Anderson and Magnolia -- Chance and fate : Tom Tykwer and Run Lola run -- An ambiguous joy : Marc Forster and Monster's ball -- Can God be in this? : M. Night Shyamalan and Signs -- Confessions of a workaholic : Alexander Payne, election, and about Schmidt -- Humanity at full stretch : let the preacher respond. Bible. Ecclesiastes Criticism, interpretation, etc. 49955 Motion pictures Religious aspects Christianity. 49956 Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007267.html lcc BOOK BS 1475.52 .J64 2004 14083 14083 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2015-06-11 Bought by JTL 20.64 AUA017064 0 BS 1475.52 .J64 2004 AUA017064 2015-06-11 00:00:00 20.64 2015-06-11 BOOK 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2015-07-02 Bought by JTL 20.64 AUA017109 0 BS 1475.52 .J64 2004 AUA017109 2015-07-02 00:00:00 2 20.64 2015-07-02 BOOK