1 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
2 Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29202/phil-cosm/29/4
Received: 29 July 2022 / Accepted: 15 August 2022 / Published: 10 October 2022
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Abstract
Keywords: Alita: Battle Angel, Jesus Christ, Gnosticism, religious symbols, cosmological symbols, cinema, the demiurge
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