The Celluloid Bible
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- Event has passed (Wed Oct 15, 2008 - Sun Dec 14, 2008)
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- Galleries, Painting & Drawing, Religion, Christianity & Churches
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Wednesday, October 15Lecture by collector and scholar Rev. Michael Morris, O.P.
3:30-4:30 pm
252 McLaren Conference Center
Followed by reception
Bringing together vintage movie posters from around the world along with promotional and commemorative materials, "The Celluloid Bible" examines how the Bible has been visualized in film. These posters, dated from 1898 to the present, include the classic and obscure, the grandiose and camp.
While these posters (which range from small window cards to 9-foot mural-like posters) serve as aesthetic objects in their own right, they are also indicators of changing trends in the film industry’s approach to the Bible. Designed to entice viewers to make a cinematic pilgrimage, the posters allow us to trace developments in the graphic arts as well as in advertising and marketing. The posters, like the films they promote, reveal much about the social milieus in which they functioned.
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