Classics on Screen
Ancient Greece and Rome on Film
Published on 15. December 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7156-3724-1 (ISBN)
Description
Cinema loves Greece and Rome. Hollywood epics, animated movies, avant-garde features - all have turned to classical antiquity for inspiration. On the silver screen, we see a world of virtuous Christians, depraved pagans, gladiators, charioteers, Spartan warriors, and muscle-bound demigods - a potent mix of sex, violence and art. So pervasive are these images that this cinematic output dominates the public understanding of the ancient world. Through analysis of ten influential films, this book examines the representation of Greece and Rome in both popular and art-house cinema, arranged by cinematic genre. Key scenes are discussed and each film is located in its historical context.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
16 bw
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7156-3724-1 (9780715637241)
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Persons
Alastair Blanshard is Senior Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History at the University of Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Sex, Vice, and Love from Antiquity to Modernity (2010) and Hercules: A Heroic Life (2005).
Kim Shahabudin gives guest lectures in the Department of Classics, University of Reading, UK, on classical reception in popular culture. She is the co-editor of Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture (2009).
Kim Shahabudin gives guest lectures in the Department of Classics, University of Reading, UK, on classical reception in popular culture. She is the co-editor of Classics for All: Reworking Antiquity in Mass Culture (2009).
Content
Introduction
List of Figures
Chapter 1 Establishing the conventions: Cleopatra (1934)
Chapter 2 The Roman Epics of Classical Hollywood: Quo Vadis (1951)
Chapter 3 Peplum Traditions: Hercules (1958)
Chapter 4 Roman History on Screen: Spartacus (1960)
Chapter 5 Greek History on Screen: The 300 Spartans (1962)
Chapter 6 Myth and the Fantasy: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Chapter 7 Art Cinema: Fellini-Satyricon (1969)
Chapter 8 Satirizing Cine-antiquity: Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Chapter 9 The Disney Version: Hercules (1997)
Chapter 10 The Return of the Epic?: Gladiator (2000)
Notes
Bibliography
List of Figures
Chapter 1 Establishing the conventions: Cleopatra (1934)
Chapter 2 The Roman Epics of Classical Hollywood: Quo Vadis (1951)
Chapter 3 Peplum Traditions: Hercules (1958)
Chapter 4 Roman History on Screen: Spartacus (1960)
Chapter 5 Greek History on Screen: The 300 Spartans (1962)
Chapter 6 Myth and the Fantasy: Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
Chapter 7 Art Cinema: Fellini-Satyricon (1969)
Chapter 8 Satirizing Cine-antiquity: Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Chapter 9 The Disney Version: Hercules (1997)
Chapter 10 The Return of the Epic?: Gladiator (2000)
Notes
Bibliography