Ancient Rome at the cinema : story and spectacle in Hollywood and Rome / Elena Theodorakopoulos.

Main entry:

Theodorakopoulos, Elena.

Title & Author:

Ancient Rome at the cinema : story and spectacle in Hollywood and Rome / Elena Theodorakopoulos.

Publication:

Exeter, UK : Bristol Phoenix Press, 2010.

Description:

199 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Series:

Greece and Rome live

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-195), filmography (p. 196) and index.
Introduction -- Narrative and spectacle, realism and illusion, and the historical film -- Ben-Hur : 'tale of the Christ' or 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.

ISBN:

9781904675549 (hbk.)
1904675549 (hbk.)
9781904675280 (pbk.)
190467528X (pbk.)

Subject:

Gladiators.
Gladiateurs.
Performing Arts.
Motion pictures.
Antiken i filmen.
Historisk film.
Gladiatorer.
Rome In motion pictures.
Rome (Empire)
Romerska riket.

Added entries:

Greece and Rome live.

Story and spectacle in Hollywood and Rome

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272399
Call No.: BIB 205710
Status: Available

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