01486cam a22002654a 4500 47276 47276 000025462718 AU-EpEBC 20170330155921.0 040326s2004 miua b 001 0 eng 2004007267 0801027853 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC NEMB BS1475.52 .J64 2004 223/.806 22 Johnston, Robert K., 1945- Useless beauty : Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film / Robert K. Johnston. Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, 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. O.T. Ecclesiastes Criticism, interpretation, etc. Motion pictures Religious aspects Christianity. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007267.html ddc AM 0 0 ddc 0 0 5 MAIN MAIN OPEN 2017-03-30 Tabor 1 223.806 JOH 17874 2017-12-13 00:00:00 2017-10-19 1 2017-03-30 AM