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Religious Themes in Film: Christian: Getting Started With A Research Paper
Religious Themes in Film: Christian: Getting Started With A Research Paper
The Routledge Companion to Religion and Film Finding St. Paul In Film
PN 1995.5 R68 2009 PN 1995.5 W297 2005
Finding a Movie Partial Listing from GTU Library Film Collection
The GTU Library has a select but rapidly growing
collection of movies (both DVD and VHS), available to The GTU Library houses DVDs and VHS tapes
check out or to view onsite. The majority of the GTU on Level 1. If a DVD is housed at SFTS, it can be
collection, other than liturgy and ministry materials, is requested at the Circulation Desk. This is a partial
made up of movies that deal explicitly with the life of listing:
Jesus and of particular saints. For more blockbuster type
mainstream films as well as for somewhat rare films, the A Man For All Seasons (1966, Zinnemann) VHS 424
Moffitt Library on the UC Berkeley campus is the place
to go. The Moffitt 1st Floor Media Resource Center has a The Apostle (1998, Duvall) DVD 472
vast collection and is open to GTU students with a
current UCB library card. For very obscure films, Babette’s Feast (1987, Axel) SFTS DVD 495
especially silent films, early 1900s films, foreign films,
check the BAM/PFA. Many of these are available for Children of Men (2007, Cuarón) DVD 417
viewing but not for check out.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005, Derrickson) DVD 184
Moffitt Media Resources Center Searchable Movie
Database: Godspell (1973, Greene) SFTS DVD 327
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/moviedb.html
Jesus of Montreal (1989, Arcand) SFTS DVD 254
Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA)
http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ The Last Temptation of Christ (1988, Scorsese) DVD 52
GTU DVD and VHS collection can be easily searched by Life of Brian (1979, Jones) SFTS DVD 96
using the links found on GRACE at http://grace.gtu.edu
The Mission (1986, Joffe) SFTS DVD 311
Further Resources The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928, Dryer) SFTS DVD 9
If you are still in need of further ideas, the Internet is
full of resources. A few websites worth a look are: Romero (1989, Duigan) SFTS DVD 453
Religion and Film Schindler’s List (1994, Spielberg) SFTS VHS 285
http://www.theologyandfilm.com/
Wings of Desire (1987, Wenders) SFTS VHS 596
Movie Theology (extensive list of Religion/Film blogs,
links to articles, and lots more)
http://www.cmu.ca/library/faithfilm.html