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“I Bid Thee Arise!”: Reverse-Editing and Reversal Miracles in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet

“I Bid Thee Arise!”: Reverse-Editing and Reversal Miracles in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet <jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Abstract</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Many scholars have analyzed Carl Theodor Dreyer’s<jats:italic>Ordet</jats:italic>for its unusual camera movements, long takes, and reverse-editing. Some have gone so far as to link these cinematic devices to<jats:italic>Ordet</jats:italic>’s narrative focus on miracles, exploring connections between the film’s form and its content. This essay attempts to bridge the gap between formal analysis and theological analysis. It examines the film’s representation of miracles against the conceptual history of miracles, considering the extent to which we may regard the film as a theological argument, making visual assertions as important and fruitful as verbal ones.</jats:p></jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and the Arts Brill

“I Bid Thee Arise!”: Reverse-Editing and Reversal Miracles in Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet

Religion and the Arts , Volume 16 (1-2): 100 – Jan 1, 2012

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Brill
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1079-9265
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1568-5292
DOI
10.1163/156852912X615892
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title><jats:bold>Abstract</jats:bold></jats:title><jats:p>Many scholars have analyzed Carl Theodor Dreyer’s<jats:italic>Ordet</jats:italic>for its unusual camera movements, long takes, and reverse-editing. Some have gone so far as to link these cinematic devices to<jats:italic>Ordet</jats:italic>’s narrative focus on miracles, exploring connections between the film’s form and its content. This essay attempts to bridge the gap between formal analysis and theological analysis. It examines the film’s representation of miracles against the conceptual history of miracles, considering the extent to which we may regard the film as a theological argument, making visual assertions as important and fruitful as verbal ones.</jats:p></jats:sec>

Journal

Religion and the ArtsBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2012

Keywords: miracles; resurrection; Richard Chenevix Trench; Ordet; Carl Theodor Dreyer; Theology and Film

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