TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Robert K. TI - Useless beauty: Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film SN - 0801027853 AV - BS 1475.52 .J64 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Baker Academic KW - Bible KW - Ecclesiastes KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Motion pictures KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; A battered optimism : Ecclesiastes and our contemporary context -- The existentialist alternative : Akira Kurosawa and Woody Allen -- Death and life : Alan Ball and American beauty -- The saddest happy ending : Paul Thomas Anderson and Magnolia -- Chance and fate : Tom Tykwer and Run Lola run -- An ambiguous joy : Marc Forster and Monster's ball -- Can God be in this? : M. Night Shyamalan and Signs -- Confessions of a workaholic : Alexander Payne, election, and about Schmidt -- Humanity at full stretch : let the preacher respond UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/200400726 7.html ER -