Ancient Rome On The Silver Screen
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Author |
: Gregory S. Aldrete |
Publisher |
: Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages |
: 263 |
Release |
: 2023-05-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781538159521 |
ISBN-13 |
: 153815952X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (21 Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen by : Gregory S. Aldrete
An unparalleled exploration of films set in Ancient Rome, from the silent Cleopatra to the modern rendition of Ben-Hur. No sooner had the dazzling new technology of cinema been invented near the end of the 19th century than filmmakers immediately turned to ancient history for inspiration. Nero, Cleopatra, Caesar, and more all found their way to the silver screen and would return again and again in the decades that followed. But just how accurate were these depictions of Ancient Rome? In Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen: Myth versus Reality, Gregory S. Aldrete and Graham Sumner provide a fascinating examination of 50 films set in Ancient Rome, analyzing each for its historical accuracy of plot, characters, costumes and sets. They also divulge insights into the process of making each movie and the challenges the filmmakers faced in bringing the Roman world to vivid cinematic life. Beginning with the classics from the dawn of cinema, through the great golden age of sword-and-sandals flicks in the 1950s, to the dramatic epics of the modern day, Aldrete and Sumner test the authenticity of Hollywood’s version of history. Featuring remarkable custom-made paintings depicting characters as they appeared in film and how they should have appeared if they were historically correct, Ancient Rome on the Silver Screen delivers an invaluable perspective of film and history. This unique collaboration between professional illustrator and award-winning Roman historian offers a deeper understanding of modern cinema and brings Roman history to life.
Author |
: Maria Wyke |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2013-12-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317796060 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317796063 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (60 Downloads) |
Synopsis Projecting the Past by : Maria Wyke
Brought vividly to life on screen, the myth of ancient Rome resonates through modern popular culture. Projecting the Past examines how the cinematic traditions of Hollywood and Italy have resurrected ancient Rome to address the concerns of the present. The book engages contemporary debates about the nature of the classical tradition, definitions of history, and the place of the past in historical film.
Author |
: Martin M. Winkler |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 377 |
Release |
: 2012-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118589816 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118589815 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Fall of the Roman Empire by : Martin M. Winkler
The essays collected in this book present the first comprehensive appreciation of The Fall of the Roman Empire from historical, historiographical, and cinematic perspectives. The book also provides the principal classical sources on the period. It is a companion to Gladiator: Film and History (Blackwell, 2004) and Spartacus: Film and History (Blackwell, 2007) and completes a triad of scholarly studies on Hollywood’s greatest films about Roman history. A critical re-evaluation of the 1964 epic film The Fall of the Roman Empire, directed by Anthony Mann, from historical, film-historical, and contemporary points of view Presents a collection of scholarly essays and classical sources on the period of Roman history that ancient and modern historians have considered to be the turning point toward the eventual fall of Rome Contains a short essay by director Anthony Mann Includes a map of the Roman Empire and film stills, as well as translations of the principal ancient sources, an extensive bibliography, and a chronology of events
Author |
: Monica Silveira Cyrino |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2009-02-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781405150323 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1405150327 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Big Screen Rome by : Monica Silveira Cyrino
Big Screen Rome is the first systematic survey of the most important and popular films from the past half century that reconstruct the image of Roman antiquity. The first systematic survey of the most important and popular recent films about Roman antiquity. Shows how cinema explores, reinvents and celebrates the spectacle of ancient Rome. Films discussed in depth include Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator and Terry Jones’s Monty Python’s Life of Brian. Contributes to discussions about the ongoing relevance of the classical world. Shows how contemporary film-makers use recreations of ancient history as commentaries on contemporary society. Structured in a way that makes it suitable for course use, and features issues for discussion and analysis, and reference to further bibliographic resources. Written in an energetic and engaging style.
Author |
: Alastair J. L. Blanshard |
Publisher |
: Bristol Classical Press |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2011-12-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 071563724X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780715637241 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (4X Downloads) |
Synopsis Classics on Screen by : Alastair J. L. Blanshard
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.
Author |
: Elena Theodorakopoulos |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 190467528X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781904675280 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (8X Downloads) |
Synopsis Ancient Rome at the Cinema by : Elena Theodorakopoulos
Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a lucid study of the worlds created in Roman historical epics. Based on analysis of the visual and narrative fabric of seven films set in Ancient Rome, 'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' demonstrates how cinematic versions of Ancient Rome have been able to captivate us, and inscribe their versions of the city and its history onto our imagination. Theodorakopoulos uses film theory and criticism to examine the ways in which historical drama creates the past through story-telling and visual effects. Particular emphasis is put on the tension between narrative and spectacle which is an inherent feature of cinema, and a long-standing preoccupation of film critics and theorists from the 1930s to the present. The book also examines the techniques and the rhetoric of realism which feature especially prominently in historical films. 'Ancient Rome at the Cinema' is a companion volume to 'Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture' by Gideon Nisbet (9781904675785, 2008, 2nd edition).
Author |
: |
Publisher |
: BRILL |
Total Pages |
: 612 |
Release |
: 2023-12-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789004686823 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9004686827 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (23 Downloads) |
Synopsis Brill's Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film by :
Brill’s Companion to Ancient Greek and Roman Warfare on Film is the first volume exclusively dedicated to the study of a theme that informs virtually every reimagining of the classical world on the big screen: armed conflict. Through a vast array of case studies, from the silent era to recent years, the collection traces cinema’s enduring fascination with battles and violence in antiquity and explores the reasons, both synchronic and diachronic, for the central place that war occupies in celluloid Greece and Rome. Situating films in their artistic, economic, and sociopolitical context, the essays cast light on the industrial mechanisms through which the ancient battlefield is refashioned in cinema and investigate why the medium adopts a revisionist approach to textual and visual sources.
Author |
: Stuart Nishan Green |
Publisher |
: University of Wales Press |
Total Pages |
: 236 |
Release |
: 2011-05-31 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780708323441 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0708323448 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis From Silver Screen to Spanish Stage by : Stuart Nishan Green
This is the first book-length English-language study of a group of five artists closely linked with the Spanish avant-garde in the 1920s and 1930s, now known as the 'Other' Generation of 27. In the same way that their contemporaries of the celebrated Generation of 27 (which included Federico Garcia Lorca) attempted a revolution of the arts through poetry inspired by European modernism, the 'Other' Generation of 27 attempted to renovate Spanish humour, first in prose, and then in the theatre and cinema. This book demonstrates how these humorists drew on the humour of Chaplin, Keaton, Lubitsch and the Marx Brothers for their stage comedy, and how they stretched the limits of the stage at the time by incorporating cinematic techniques, such as flashback, voice-overs and montage, in their search for new dramatic forms.
Author |
: Richard C. Stern |
Publisher |
: Paulist Press |
Total Pages |
: 376 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0809138557 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780809138555 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Savior on the Silver Screen by : Richard C. Stern
Savior on the Silver Screen examines nine movies about the life of Jesus - ranging from the traditional to the provocativeand explores how the image of Jesus in each reflects the time and culture in which the film was produced. The selections encompass silent, foreign, epic, and musical films. Both entertaining and insightful, Savior on the Silver Screen is structured for easy use in classroom, small group, and individual settings and includes rental information and practical tips for using the book. For each film there is an introduction, pre-viewing and post-viewing questions, and a discussion of its major features. -- Provided by publisher.
Author |
: Marta Garcia Morcillo |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 338 |
Release |
: 2015-02-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781135013172 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1135013179 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis Imagining Ancient Cities in Film by : Marta Garcia Morcillo
In film imagery, urban spaces show up not only as spatial settings of a story, but also as projected ideas and forms that aim to recreate and capture the spirit of cultures, societies and epochs. Some cinematic cities have even managed to transcend fiction to become part of modern collective memory. Can we imagine a futuristic city not inspired at least remotely by Fritz Lang’s Metropolis? In the same way, ancient Babylon, Troy and Rome can hardly be shaped in popular imagination without conscious or subconscious references to the striking visions of Griffiths’ Intolerance, Petersen’s Troy and Scott’s Gladiator, to mention only a few influential examples. Imagining Ancient Cities in Film explores for the first time in scholarship film representations of cities of the Ancient World from early cinema to the 21st century. The volume analyzes the different choices made by filmmakers, art designers and screen writers to recreate ancient urban spaces as more or less convincing settings of mythical and historical events. In looking behind and beyond intended archaeological accuracy, symbolic fantasy, primitivism, exoticism and Hollywood-esque monumentality, this volume pays particular attention to the depiction of cities as faces of ancient civilizations, but also as containers of moral ideas and cultural fashions deeply rooted in the contemporary zeitgeist and in continuously revisited traditions.