248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
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As Charlton Heston put it: ‘There’s a temptingly simple definition of the epic film: it’s the easiest kind of picture to make badly.’ This book goes beyond that definition to show how the film epic has taken up one of the most ancient art-forms and propelled it into the modern world, covered in twentieth-century ambitions, anxieties, hopes and fantasies. This survey of historical epic films... Read more
Introduction 1. An Epic by Any Other Name 2. Epic into Film 3. Biblical: The Old Testament 4. Biblical: The New Testament 5. Greece: Gods and Heroes 6. Greece: From Marathon to Alexander 7. Rome: From Myth to Republic 8. Imperial Rome: Crisis and Civil War 9. Imperial Rome: Slaves and Barbarians 10. Imperial Rome: Christian Conflicts 11. Early Medieval: Norsemen, Saxons and the Cid 12. Epic Aftertastes: Misnomers and Modern Myth. Filmography. Critical Bibliography. Index of Names. Index of Film Titles
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Authored by Elley, Derek
