The Holy, Non-Christic Biblical Subtexts in Superman. Journal of Religion and Film: Superman. Vol. 6 No. 1 April 2002 By Anton Karl Kozlovic School of Humanities The Flinders University of South Australia Abstract Holy subtexts abound within the popular cinema. Superman: The Movie (1978) and Superman II (1981) were examined as a protracted secular analogue of the Jesus story.
The literature was reviewed and twenty Superman-Jesus parallels plus eight Christic personalistic traits were explicated. Joseph Campbell Foundation. Psst.
We're building a new site! Print | Hey there! If you are a regular visitor to this site - and you get here via bookmark - you may not have noticed that we're bulding a new Joseph Campbell Foundation website here. Joseph Campbell. A Practical Guide to THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES by Joseph Campbell ----------------------------------------------------------------- In the long run, the most influential book of the 20th Century may turn out to be Joseph Campbell's THE HERO WITH A THOUSAND FACES.
It's certainly true that the book is having a major impact on writing and story-telling, but above all on movie-making. Aware or not, filmmakers like John Boorman, George Miller, Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Coppola owe their successes to the ageless pattern that Joseph Campbell identifies in the book.