Moralizing Cinema Film, Catholicism, and Power [Hardcover]

This volume is part of the recent interest in the study of religion and popular media culture (cinema in particular), but it strongly differs from most of this work in this maturing discipline. Contrary to most other edited volumes and monographs on film and religion, Moralizing Cinemawill not focus upon films (cf. the representation of biblical figures, religious themes in films, the fidelity question in movies), but rather look beyond the film text, content or aesthetics, by concentrating on the cinema-related actions, strategies and policies developed by the Catholic Church and Catholic organizations in order to influence cinema. Whereas the key role of Catholics in cinema has been well studied in the USA (cf. literature on the Legion of Decencyand on the Catholic influenced Production Code Administration), the issue remains unexplored for other parts of the world. The book includes case studies on Argentina, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, and the USA.

Catholics, cinema and power: An introduction Daniel Biltereyst and Daniela Treveri Gennari  Part 1: Policies  1.Resisting the lure of the modern world. Catholics, international politics, and the establishment of the International Catholic Office for Cinema(1918-1928) Guido Convents  2. The Roman Catholic Church, cinema and the culture of dialogue: Italian Catholics and the movies after the Second World War Dario Edoardo Vigan?  3.The rise and fall of Catholic Hollywood, or from the Production Code to The Da Vinci Code Thomas Doherty  4. Catholicism and Mexican cinema. A secular state, a deeply conservative society and a powerful Catholic hierarchy Francisco Peredo Castro  Part 2: Leaders  5. Jean Bernards fight for lãô