Big Screen Rome
Download and Read Big Screen Rome full books in PDF, ePUB, and Kindle. Read online free Big Screen Rome ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!
Big Screen Rome
Author | : Monica Silveira Cyrino |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2009-02-09 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1405150327 |
Download Big Screen Rome Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
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.
Big Screen Rome Related Books
Pages: 288
Pages: 260
Pages: 263
Pages: 272
Pages: 240