Cinema and Sacrifice

Cinema has a long history of engaging with the theme of sacrifice. Given its capacity to stimulate the imagination and resonate across a wide spectrum of human experiences, sacrifice has always attracted filmmakers. It is on screen that the new grand narratives are sketched, the new myths rehearsed, and the old ones recycled. Sacrifice can provide stories of loss and mourning, betrayal and redemption, death and renewal, destruction and re-creation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138196886
• ISBN13: 9781138196889
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.7" x 9.5"