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Film: apokryficzne loci theologici
2019
Zahlreiche Filme, vor allem jene, die durch das Evangelium inspiriert sind, lassen sich in der Kategorie der loci theologici betrachten. Man muss dabei bedenken, dass das kommerzielle Interesse seitens der Filmmacher theologische Konsequenzen hat. Eine Herausforderung z.B. fur die praktische Theologie sind oft verwendete katechetische Filme, die mit einem apokryphen, vom originalen Glaubensinhalten entfernenden harakter gekennzeichnet sind. Der folgende Artikel zieht einige altere Auserungen des kirchlichenLehramtes heran, stellt gleichzeitig ein Schweigen bezuglich des Mediums Film in letzten beiden Jahrzehnten fest. Die hauptsachlich aus kommerziellen Grunden realisierten Filme sind man…
Kieślowski, the mysteries of screens and God
2019
The computer seems like a privileged personage in Decalogue 1 (Dekalog, jeden, 1987/88, prem. 1989, dir. K. Kieślowski): it is used by Paweł and his father to solve mathematical questions about Miss Piggy, to calculate the durability of the ice on the pond, to know what Mum is doing, and to control domestic devices. For Kieślowski the computer is not just a gadget: Krzysztof ’s lecture describes its potential and its possible autonomy. Independent from man (the computer switches itself on), it becomes his rival: Kieślowski proposes a critical interpretation of the computer as a new idol, promising unlimited memory and knowledge. A similar preoccupation can be found in the Black Mirror serie…
The Bible in the films of Pavel Lungin and Andrei Zvyagintsev
2018
In the Soviet Union, even after perestroika, explicitly biblical films have practically not been produced; nevertheless the Bible, despite acute censorship, has been present in a symbolic way in films directed by Andrei Tarkovsky and Larissa Shepitko. A certain revival of biblical themes is evident in recent works of Russian directors Pavel Lungin (Island, 2006; The Conductor, 2012), and Andrei Zvyagintsev (The Return, 2003; Leviathan, 2014). The paper analyzes the meaning of the Bible in these films: biblical texts are quoted in dialogues, and evoked in the titles and the protagonists’ names; biblical motifs are present in images, in contemporary events, and in the narrative structures. Th…