Film Comment (1995) - Priests

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• article: Priests
• author(s): Donald Lyons
• journal: Film Comment (01/May/1995)
• issue: volume 31, issue 3, page 80
• journal ISSN: 0015-119X
• keywords: I Confess (1953)

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Abstract

Lyons analyzes the films "I Confess," "Diary of a Country Priest" and "Priest" to examine how cinema handles the icon of the priest. The Catholic priest in motion pictures can effectively yet subtly portray the connection between loneliness, suffering and grace.