An edition of The Holy Grail on film
(2015)
The Holy Grail on film
essays on the cinematic quest
by Kevin J. Harty
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"This collection of new essays is the first to study film depictions of the quest for the Holy Grail--the Christian holy relic of legend supposedly used by Jesus at the Last Supper. Scholars and critics discuss American and European films that offer fresh perspectives on this enduring myth of the Arthurian world and Western culture"--
Publish Date
2015
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
McFarland
Language
English
Pages
245
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The Holy Grail on film: essays on the cinematic quest
2015, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, McFarland
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Table of Contents
Holy Grail, silent Grail / Kevin J. Harty
The silver chalice: the once and future Grail / K.S. Whetter
Lancelot du lac: Robert Bresson's Arthurian realism / Joan Tasker Grimbert
Perceval of the avant-garde: Rohmer, Blank and von Trier / Alan Baragona
Hans-Jørgen Syberberg's Parsifal: remystifying Kundry / Jon Sherman
"Lovely filth": Monty Python and the matter of the Holy Grail / Christine Neufeld
John Boorman's Excalibur and the irrigating light of the Grail / Raeleen Chai-Elsholz and Jean-Marc Elsholz
The Da Vinci Code and the myth of history / Susan Aronstein
Percival in Cooperstown: Arthurian legend, baseball
mythology and the mediated quest in Barry Levinson's The natural / James Jesson
Terry Gilliam's The Fisher King / Cory James Rushton
A son, his father, some Nazis and the Grail: Lucas and Indiana Jones and The last crusade / Joseph M. Sullivan
A Grail or a mirage? searching the wasteland of The Road Warrior / Paul B. Sturtevant
The Grail as symbolic quest in Tarkovsky's Stalker / Andrew B.R. Elliott
The waterboy and swamp chivalry: a Grail Knight for American teens / Laurie A. Finke and Martin B. Shichtman
Holy Grails, schlocky Grails / David W. Marshall
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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