RE105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Rudolf Otto, Filmi, Katabasis
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Do they just want to make money or send a message or both. Most popular definition: things related to churches/divine beings, and recommended/ prohibited things/laws; faith, rudolf otto: descirbes our encounter with the holy which fascinates and terrifies, emile durkheim: norms society has enshrined, mircea eliade: what we define as sacred/profane. Religion and film together: film, using religion, rejecting religion, transforming religion, becoming religion, religion, using film, rejecting film, transforming film, becoming film. In genre films you can always find a myth hiding. The journey: birth/origins, call/anointing, refusal/ indecision, assistance, talisman/ magic, helper/ allies. Death and resurrection: trials/ transformation, tests/temptations, encounter with the sacred, atonement, return/ascent, refusal/ indecision, elixir/ boon. 3 death and resurrection: depression, declared dead, justice as a symbol to revenge. Magic items: wisdom to know difference between justice and revenge. Temptation to be destructive and give in. Mentor: alfred, ras al ghoul, father, chief gordon.
