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Visions of Paradise : Images of Eden in the Cinema /
Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utop...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
2006.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Depictions of sex, violence, and crime abound in many of today's movies, sometimes making it seem that the idyllic life has vanished-even from our imaginations. But as shown in this unique book, paradise has not always been lost. For many years, depictions of heaven, earthly paradises, and utopias were common in popular films. Illustrated throughout with intriguing, rare stills and organized to provide historical context, Visions of Paradise surveys a huge array of films that have offered us glimpses of life free from strife, devoid of pain and privation, and full of harmony. In films. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations, portraits |
| ISBN: | 9780813552415 |