"Take My Film and Let It Be": Critics and Consecration in Faith-Based Cinema
This study represents an attempt to better understand how religion fits into the discourse between filmmakers and critics who review their work. The author uses the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu-specifically, his notions of cultural capital and consecration-to analyze mainstream revi...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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University of Saskatchewan
[2018]
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Journal of religion and popular culture
Année: 2018, Volume: 30, Numéro: 3, Pages: 143-164 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Kendrick, Alex 1970-
/ Kendrick, Stephen 1973-
/ Film religieux
/ Critique cinématographique
/ Bourdieu, Pierre 1930-2002
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociologie des religions CE Art chrétien CH Christianisme et société |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Pierre Bourdieu
B African Americans B faith-based film B Consecration B Prayer |
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| Résumé: | This study represents an attempt to better understand how religion fits into the discourse between filmmakers and critics who review their work. The author uses the thought of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu-specifically, his notions of cultural capital and consecration-to analyze mainstream reviewers' responses to the motion pictures of Alex and Stephen Kendrick, two brothers who have endeavoured to make mainstream films that "communicate the gospel without compromise." In analyzing reviews of the Kendricks' five "faith-based" films, a consistent pattern of comments from the reviewers is evident, a pattern that expresses negativity toward the brothers' aesthetic, social, and theological choices. Also apparent, though, is an ongoing conversation in which the filmmakers seem to recognize the importance of listening to reviewers, even if the filmmakers have not toned down their message. Reviewer comments for War Room, a film whose budget and box office success have pushed it into the mainstream in spite of its very religious content, show that the filmmakers not only appear aware of the concerns expressed by critics but also persist in their attachment to religious filmic content that may not appeal to secular critics who, in Bourdieu's terms, have a high level of "cultural capital." With Bourdieu's work in mind, the study suggests that many of the disagreements between the filmmakers and reviewers have as much to do with religion, class, and taste as they do aesthetics. |
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| ISSN: | 1703-289X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion and popular culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3138/jrpc.2016-0007 |