Johnston, Robert K.,  1945-, <br/><br/>
Useless beauty :  Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film /  [print] 
Robert K. Johnston. 
 - Grand Rapids, Michigan :  Baker Academic,  (c)2004. 
 - 208 pages :  illustrations ;  22 cm. 
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<br/><br/>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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801027857 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2004007267 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Uniform Titles: </label><br/>Bible.--Ecclesiastes--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Motion pictures--Religious aspects--Christianity.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BS1475 BS1475.J73.U845 2004