Through a Catholic lens. Religious perspectives of nineteen film directors from around the world

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Co-ordinator: Peter Malone
Contents
Introduction, Peter Malone Page 1
Anglo-Celtic Catholicism Page 6
A Song that will not die - the films of Terence Davies, Maggie Roux Page 8
Two films of Neil Jordan - in an Irish Context, Michael Paul Gallagher Page 25
Revisiting the Devil's playground the films of Fred Schepisi, Peter Malone Page 32
Catholicism, Mainstream American Page 44
Her Household Saints - Nancy Savoca's Saints, Gaye Ortiz Page 45
Parables on Screen - John Sayles and Men with Guns, Greg Friedman Page 55
Catholicism and the Iberian Peninsula Page 69
The Mother of all Redemptions - Almodovar's All About My Mother, Rob Rix Page 71
Solidarity, Sharing and Compassion Walter Salles' Central do Brasil , Jose Tavares de Barros Page 83
Observer of Everyday Life Carlo Carrera and The Crime of Fr Amaro, Luis Garcia Orso Page 96
The Son of Man (Facing Southeast) Jesus Christ in Eliseo Subiela's Films, Ricardo Yanez Page 103
Catholicism Beyond Europe: Africa and Asia Page 118
Finding His Place in Society local stories with a universal and spiritual dimension film-making by Gaston Kabore, Guido Convents Page 120
The Legacy of Lino Brocka, Nicasio Cruz Page 133
Catholic, Agnostic, Atheist Page 143
Sacrilege, Satire or Statement of Faith? Ways of reading Luis Bunuel's Viridiana, Tom Aitken Page 144
The Christian Moral Vision of a Believing Atheist - Krzysztof Kieslowski's decalogue films Lloyd Baugh Page 157
Jesus of Montreal - The vision of Deny Arcand, Marc Gervais Page 176
Catholic-Jewish Relationships Page 195
Memory's Progress - Ambiguity in Louis Malle's Au Revoir les Enfants, Claire Openshaw Page 197
Roberto Benigni as Director towards an analysis of values, Dario Vigano Page 209
Land of Promise Reflections on Andrej Wajda's Merchants of Lodz, Jan Epstein Page 216
Catholicism Past and Future Page 231
Following his True Passion Mel Gibson and The Passion of the Christ, James Abbott Page 232
View Askewed in Dogma - Kevin Smith - a Funny Guy?, Rose Pacatte Page 248