TY - BOOK AU - Johnston,Robert K. TI - Useless beauty: Ecclesiastes through the lens of contemporary film SN - 9780801027857 AV - BS1475 PY - 2004/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Academic KW - Bible KW - Ecclesiastes KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Motion pictures KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - 1 (pages 191-200) 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; 2 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0416/2004007267.html ER -