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Hollywood Biblical Epics
Richard A. Lindsay
其他書名
Camp Spectacle and Queer Style from the Silent Era to the Modern Day
出版ABC-CLIO, LLC, 2015
ISBN9798400665899
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=mX1e0AEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋In spite of restrictive Hollywood censorship regulations, filmmakers throughout history have pushed the boundaries of sex and violence when making religious films. In this unrivaled text, author and educator Richard Lindsay analyzes the relationship between bible-based epics and ""camp""--Films with overwrought acting, casts of thousands, and exotic sexuality. Lindsay presents the ways in which camp style identifies films as ""biblical"" in the mainstream imagination, while undermining their traditional religious messages through the inclusion of sexually diverse subtexts. Viewed through th.