Author: David Gomadza
Publisher: David Gomadza
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the midst of a broken world hurtling towards destruction, 'Evelina' emerges as the Alpha and Omega, a reluctant heroine caught between the clutches of Tomorrow’s World Order and the ancient evil of the Devil’s Eyes Cult. Her journey unfolds against a backdrop of sacrifice, betrayal, and love's impossible choices, shaping her into the hero humanity desperately needs. As she grapples with her destiny and the burden of choice, Evelina's quest for a future worth believing in becomes a war for the very survival of humanity. Will she defy the gods' plans and rewrite history, or become the catalyst for humanity's doom? Join Evelina in a celestial battle, where divine conflicts, whispered secrets, and a forbidden cult converge, and witness the rise of the most hunted woman on Earth, from 'wanted dead' to the last hope for humanity. PAPERBACK ISBN: 9798878124171
The Search for Meaning in Film and Television
Author: M. Maloney
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349698455
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds light on this enduring cultural dilemma through a close reading of four popular film and television narratives.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN: 9781349698455
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds light on this enduring cultural dilemma through a close reading of four popular film and television narratives.
The Road Movie
Author: Neil Archer
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850883
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Though often seen as one of America's native cinematic genres, the road movie has lent itself to diverse international contexts and inspired a host of filmmakers. As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression. Beginning with key films from Depression-era Hollywood and the New Hollywood of the late 1960s and then considering its wider effect on world cinemas, this volume maps the development and adaptability of an enduring genre, studying iconic films along the way.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850883
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Though often seen as one of America's native cinematic genres, the road movie has lent itself to diverse international contexts and inspired a host of filmmakers. As analyzed in this study, from its most familiar origins in Hollywood the road movie has become a global film practice, whether as a vehicle for exploring the relationship between various national contexts and American cinema, as a means of narrating different national and continental histories, or as a form of individual filmmaking expression. Beginning with key films from Depression-era Hollywood and the New Hollywood of the late 1960s and then considering its wider effect on world cinemas, this volume maps the development and adaptability of an enduring genre, studying iconic films along the way.
A Secular Age
Author: Charles Taylor
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674986911
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 889
Book Description
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674986911
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 889
Book Description
The place of religion in society has changed profoundly in the last few centuries, particularly in the West. In what will be a defining book for our time, Taylor takes up the question of what these changes mean, and what, precisely, happens when a society becomes one in which faith is only one human possibility among others.
Movies and the Meaning of Life
Author: Kimberly A. Blessing
Publisher: Open Court
ISBN: 0812698746
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered:"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?" "Movies and the Meaning of Life" looks at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life questions: What is reality and how can I know it? (The Truman Show, Contact, Waking Life); How do I find myself and my true identity? (Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Boys Don't Cry, Memento); How do I find meaning from my interactions with others? (Pulp Fiction, Shadowlands, Chasing Amy); What is the chief purpose in life? (American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, The Shawshank Redemption); and How ought I live my life? (Pleasantville, Spiderman, Minority Report, Groundhog Day).
Publisher: Open Court
ISBN: 0812698746
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions," said the existentiallist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered:"How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?" "Movies and the Meaning of Life" looks at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life questions: What is reality and how can I know it? (The Truman Show, Contact, Waking Life); How do I find myself and my true identity? (Fight Club, Being John Malkovich, Boys Don't Cry, Memento); How do I find meaning from my interactions with others? (Pulp Fiction, Shadowlands, Chasing Amy); What is the chief purpose in life? (American Beauty, Life is Beautiful, The Shawshank Redemption); and How ought I live my life? (Pleasantville, Spiderman, Minority Report, Groundhog Day).
The Search for Meaning
Author: Dennis Ford
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520934207
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In The Search for Meaning: A Short History, Dennis Ford explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. These include myth, philosophy, science, postmodernism, pragmatism, archetypal psychology, metaphysics, and naturalism. In engaging, companionable prose, Ford boils down these systems to their bare essentials, showing the difference between viewing the world from a religious point of view and that of a naturalist, and comparing a scientific worldview to a philosophical one. Ford investigates the contributions of the Greeks, Kant, and William James, and brings the discussion up to date with contemporary thinkers. He proffers the refreshing idea that in today's world, the answers provided by traditional religions to increasingly difficult questions have lost their currency for many and that the reductive or rationalist answers provided by science and postmodernism are themselves rife with unexamined assumptions.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520934207
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
In The Search for Meaning: A Short History, Dennis Ford explores eight approaches human beings have pursued over time to invest life with meaning and to infuse order into a seemingly chaotic universe. These include myth, philosophy, science, postmodernism, pragmatism, archetypal psychology, metaphysics, and naturalism. In engaging, companionable prose, Ford boils down these systems to their bare essentials, showing the difference between viewing the world from a religious point of view and that of a naturalist, and comparing a scientific worldview to a philosophical one. Ford investigates the contributions of the Greeks, Kant, and William James, and brings the discussion up to date with contemporary thinkers. He proffers the refreshing idea that in today's world, the answers provided by traditional religions to increasingly difficult questions have lost their currency for many and that the reductive or rationalist answers provided by science and postmodernism are themselves rife with unexamined assumptions.
Post-Pop Cinema
Author: Jesse Fox Mayshark
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Takes us on a film-by-film tour of the works of Wes and P T Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Richard Linklater, Alexander Payne, and David O Russell. This book reveals how a common pool of styles, collaborators, and personal connections helps them to confront the unifying problem of meaning in American film.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Takes us on a film-by-film tour of the works of Wes and P T Anderson, Sofia Coppola, Richard Linklater, Alexander Payne, and David O Russell. This book reveals how a common pool of styles, collaborators, and personal connections helps them to confront the unifying problem of meaning in American film.
A Sceptic's Search for Meaning
Author: Michael Willesee
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781760556754
Category : Catholic converts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
'Willesee has always been a news-hound in pursuit of a story.' Sydney Morning HeraldPerfect for fans of Proof of Heaven, this part memoir, part investigation is a spellbinding spiritual quest around the world and deep into the heart of life's ultimate riddle.Is there life after death?Does God exist? How do you explain miracles? In a career spanning fifty years and thousands of stories, legendary Australian journalist Mike Willesee dared to pose the big questions as part of his ongoing quest for meaning.Born into the Catholic faith, with early ambitions to be a priest, he tried to escape his spiritual destiny by pursuing a path as an investigative journalist. But fate kept catching up, as A Sceptic's Search for Meaning reveals. He had a premonition his plane was going to crash, moments before it did.He found himself the neighbour of one of Australia's most passionate investigators of mystical phenomena, who convinced Mike to join him on his quest. Among many such adventures, Mike flew to Bolivia to interview Katya Rivas, dubbed 'God's secretary'. He watched as the barely literate woman who claimed never to have read the Bible wrote page after page of perfect theology in multiple languages. He also sat by her bed as blood started to ooze from her brow, her hands and her feet - the telltale signs of stigmata.Written in his final year as Mike fought a losing battle with cancer, A Sceptic's Search for Meaning is a moving and intriguing tale of one man's attempt to make sense of the profound mysteries of faith.PRAISE FOR MEMOIRS'A cracking tale of good fortune, ambition, risk-taking, self-belief and driving curiosity.' Daily Telegraph
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9781760556754
Category : Catholic converts
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
'Willesee has always been a news-hound in pursuit of a story.' Sydney Morning HeraldPerfect for fans of Proof of Heaven, this part memoir, part investigation is a spellbinding spiritual quest around the world and deep into the heart of life's ultimate riddle.Is there life after death?Does God exist? How do you explain miracles? In a career spanning fifty years and thousands of stories, legendary Australian journalist Mike Willesee dared to pose the big questions as part of his ongoing quest for meaning.Born into the Catholic faith, with early ambitions to be a priest, he tried to escape his spiritual destiny by pursuing a path as an investigative journalist. But fate kept catching up, as A Sceptic's Search for Meaning reveals. He had a premonition his plane was going to crash, moments before it did.He found himself the neighbour of one of Australia's most passionate investigators of mystical phenomena, who convinced Mike to join him on his quest. Among many such adventures, Mike flew to Bolivia to interview Katya Rivas, dubbed 'God's secretary'. He watched as the barely literate woman who claimed never to have read the Bible wrote page after page of perfect theology in multiple languages. He also sat by her bed as blood started to ooze from her brow, her hands and her feet - the telltale signs of stigmata.Written in his final year as Mike fought a losing battle with cancer, A Sceptic's Search for Meaning is a moving and intriguing tale of one man's attempt to make sense of the profound mysteries of faith.PRAISE FOR MEMOIRS'A cracking tale of good fortune, ambition, risk-taking, self-belief and driving curiosity.' Daily Telegraph
An Analysis of Evelina the Novel Series & the TV & Film Scripts.
Author: David Gomadza
Publisher: David Gomadza
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the midst of a broken world hurtling towards destruction, 'Evelina' emerges as the Alpha and Omega, a reluctant heroine caught between the clutches of Tomorrow’s World Order and the ancient evil of the Devil’s Eyes Cult. Her journey unfolds against a backdrop of sacrifice, betrayal, and love's impossible choices, shaping her into the hero humanity desperately needs. As she grapples with her destiny and the burden of choice, Evelina's quest for a future worth believing in becomes a war for the very survival of humanity. Will she defy the gods' plans and rewrite history, or become the catalyst for humanity's doom? Join Evelina in a celestial battle, where divine conflicts, whispered secrets, and a forbidden cult converge, and witness the rise of the most hunted woman on Earth, from 'wanted dead' to the last hope for humanity. PAPERBACK ISBN: 9798878124171
Publisher: David Gomadza
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
In the midst of a broken world hurtling towards destruction, 'Evelina' emerges as the Alpha and Omega, a reluctant heroine caught between the clutches of Tomorrow’s World Order and the ancient evil of the Devil’s Eyes Cult. Her journey unfolds against a backdrop of sacrifice, betrayal, and love's impossible choices, shaping her into the hero humanity desperately needs. As she grapples with her destiny and the burden of choice, Evelina's quest for a future worth believing in becomes a war for the very survival of humanity. Will she defy the gods' plans and rewrite history, or become the catalyst for humanity's doom? Join Evelina in a celestial battle, where divine conflicts, whispered secrets, and a forbidden cult converge, and witness the rise of the most hunted woman on Earth, from 'wanted dead' to the last hope for humanity. PAPERBACK ISBN: 9798878124171
Storytelling in World Cinemas
Author: Lina Khatib
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850077
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Storytelling in World Cinemas, Vol. 1: Forms is an innovative collection of essays that discuss how different cinemas of the world tell stories. The book locates European, Asian, African, and Latin American films within their wider cultural and artistic frameworks, showing how storytelling forms in cinema are infused with influences from other artistic, literary, and oral traditions. This volume also reconsiders cinematic storytelling in general, highlighting the hybridity of 'national' forms of storytelling, calling for a rethinking of African cinematic storytelling that goes beyond oral traditions, and addressing films characterised by 'non-narration'. This study is the first in a two-volume project, with the second focusing on the contexts of cinematic storytelling.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231850077
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Storytelling in World Cinemas, Vol. 1: Forms is an innovative collection of essays that discuss how different cinemas of the world tell stories. The book locates European, Asian, African, and Latin American films within their wider cultural and artistic frameworks, showing how storytelling forms in cinema are infused with influences from other artistic, literary, and oral traditions. This volume also reconsiders cinematic storytelling in general, highlighting the hybridity of 'national' forms of storytelling, calling for a rethinking of African cinematic storytelling that goes beyond oral traditions, and addressing films characterised by 'non-narration'. This study is the first in a two-volume project, with the second focusing on the contexts of cinematic storytelling.
The Search for Meaning in Film and Television
Author: M. Maloney
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113749929X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds light on this enduring cultural dilemma through a close reading of four popular film and television narratives.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 113749929X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This book is concerned with the difficulties faced by modern Westerners in their search for a meaningful life. It sheds light on this enduring cultural dilemma through a close reading of four popular film and television narratives.