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Profane Parables - Film and the American Dream (Paperback)
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The sacred ethos of the American Dream has become a central pillar
of American civil religion. The belief that meaning is fashioned
from some mixture of family, friends, a stable career, and
financial security permeates American culture. Profane Parables
examines three films that assault this venerated American myth.
Fight Club (1999), American Beauty (1999), and About Schmidt (2002)
indict the American Dream as a meaningless enterprise that is
existentially, ethically, and aesthetically bankrupt. In their
blistering critique of the hallowed wisdom of the American Dream,
these films function like Jesus' parables. As narratives of
disorientation, Jesus' parables upend conventional and cherished
worldviews. Author Matthew Rindge illustrates the religious
function of these films as parables of subversion that provoke
rather than comfort and disturb rather than stabilize. Ultimately,
Rindge considers how these parabolic films operate as sacred texts
in their own right.
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