Publications
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TV Series Review. HERRENS VEJE (RIDE UPON THE STORM, created by Adam Price)
(2020)
For nine generations, all men of the Krogh family have been pastors. Johannes’s two sons, Christian (Simon Sears) and August (Morten Hee Andersen), were also meant to follow their ancestors’ path, but ... Although the ...
Trauma and Conformity
(2018)
This article discusses the psychological aspects of two documentaries about violence: THE ACT OF KILLING by Joshua Oppenheimer and DAS RADIKAL BÖSE (THE RADICAL EVIL) by Stefan Ruzowitzky. These are the concepts ‘Trauma’ ...
Orientalische Bilder und Klänge
(2021)
Als sich Ende der 1920er Jahre in den USA und Europa der Tonfilm durchsetzte, erkannten ägyptische Geschäftsleute dessen Potenzial für die arabische Welt. Sie erwarben innovative Tontechnik aus Deutschland und schickten ...
Revisiting the Relevance of Conceptualism of Godard’s film
(2018)
Jean-Luc Godard’s filmmaking is analyzed as a conceptual art, as in agreement with his most accomplished role as a film critic, not a classical filmmaker. In his 1970 manifesto, Godard argues that 1) we must make political ...
Marriage and its representations in Classical Hollywood Comedy (1934-1945). Stanley Cavell, the concept of skepticism and Kierkegaard's legacy
(2018)
This article explores the questions of marriage and divorce as discussed by Stanley Cavell in his study of Classical Hollywood comedies, dubbing what he considered as a popular subgenre of the American comedy of the thirties ...
The Problem of Evil in DC Universe Animated Movies, 2007–2016. DC Multiverse, an Ironic Illustration of Leibniz’s Theodicy?
(2017)
This article explores the question of evil and its metaphysical and moral implications in a series of animated movie adaptations of the DC Universe produced since 2006. The contemporary evolution of the medium, called the ...
The Historical Jesus and the Christ of Early Cinema: A Complicated Relationship
(2019)
When at the onset of the twentieth century, the influential German theologian Albert Schweitzer published a historiographical account of the ‘historical Jesus’, a discrete number of silent films devoted to the life and ...
Postlude. “And God Is Never Far Away”. Or the Sum of this Issue
(2020)
This Postlude or Epilogue works as a summary of the issues insights and opens a new perspective at the end.
Apocalypse as critical dystopia in modern popular music
(2019)
The last book of the New Testament has inspired countless narratives and cultural productions. In the realm of popular music the Apocalypse was embraced as synonymous of imminent catastrophe, generating a dystopian discourse. ...
Approaching Religious Symbols in the Public Space: Contemporary Art and Museums as Places of Negotiation?
(2015)
This essay responds to Sigrid Schade’s contribution by outlining the multilayered meaning-making processes deployed by the use of religious symbolism in visual culture. Referring in a concise way to a selected example of ...
Charivari or the Historicising of a Question. The Irrelevance of Romantic Love for the Audio-Visual Performance of Marriage in Bern in the 18th and 19th Century
(2018)
Citing Oscar Wilde, the editors of this volume ask the question “who, being loved, is poor?” in their call for papers. On a meta-theoretical level, this article aims at contextualising this question and its citation socially. ...
Editorial: The Relevance of Comics and their Screen Adaptations
(2017)
Editorial of JRFM 2017, 3/1 : Drawn Stories, Moving Images. Comic Books and their Screen Adaptations
Film review: ON BODY AND SOUL (Ildikó Enyedi). HU 2017
(2017)
Interview with Ildikó Enyedi, directrice of ON BODY AND SOUL (HU 2017)
