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Ancient Rome at the cinema : story and spectacle in Hollywood and Rome / Elena Theodorakopoulos.
Van Pelt Library PN1995.9.R68 T485 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Theodorakopoulos, Elena.
- Series:
- Greece and Rome live
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rome--In motion pictures.
- Rome.
- Rome (Empire).
- Physical Description:
- 199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Exeter : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Narrative and spectacle, realism and illusion, and the historical film
- Ben-Hur: 'tale of the Christ' of tale of Rome?
- Spartacus and the politics of story-telling
- The fall of the Roman Empire: the filmmaker as historian
- Gladiator: making it new?
- Fellini Satyricon: 'farewell to antiquity' or 'daily life in ancient Rome'?
- Titus: Rome and the penny arcade
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [190]-195), filmography (page [196]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781904675280
- 190467528X
- 9781904675549
- 1904675549
- OCLC:
- 262883628
- Publisher Number:
- 99941005225
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