Projecting the Past: Ancient Rome, Cinema, and HistoryPsychology Press, 1997 - 237 páginas 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. |
Contenido
Projecting Ancient Rome | 14 |
Case Studies | 32 |
A Farewell to Antiquity | 183 |
Notes | 193 |
Filmography | 212 |
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adaptation Ambrosio American ancient city ancient Rome Antichrist antiquity Antony Arbaces arena audiences Babington and Evans Ben-Hur Bondanella 1987 Brunetta Cabiria campaign century Christian Cinecittà cinematic reconstruction classical Claudette Colbert Cold War contemporary cultural dall'Asta Days of Pompeii DeMille DeMille's Cleopatra discourses display earlier early Egyptian Elley emperor Enrico Guazzoni epics example extra-cinematic Fascist Fellini Freda's Spartaco giorni di Pompei Giovagnoli's novel gladiator Glaucus Guazzoni's hero Higashi historical film historical novel Hollywood Hollywood film Hughes-Hallett 1991 imperial intertitles Italy Italy's Julius Caesar Last Days Lytton's Marcantonio e Cleopatra Marcus Martinelli 1993 modern Mussolini narrative drive Nero Nero's Neronian nineteenth-century oriental persecution play political Pompeian Pompeii popular queen Quo Vadis release representation rhetoric Roman Empire Roman history Roman past Roman republic Roman Scandals romanità scene screen sequence sexual Sienkiewicz's Spartacus spectacle spectacular star studio tion tradition ultimi giorni Vesuvius victory visual Whitfield 1991