02606nam 2200553 450 991080894700332120230721013617.01-282-87063-797866128706370-8264-3538-6(CKB)2670000000056101(EBL)601924(OCoLC)676698591(SSID)ssj0000419772(PQKBManifestationID)11327357(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000419772(PQKBWorkID)10384614(PQKB)11021882(MiAaPQ)EBC601924(MiAaPQ)EBC5309593(EXLCZ)99267000000005610120180315h20082008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHollywood's ancient worlds /Jeffrey RichardsLondon, [England] ;New York, New York :Continuum,2008.©20081 online resource (238 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84725-007-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Illustrations; Foreword; 1 The Ancient World: the Nineteenth-Century Context; 2 The Birth of the Ancient World Epic in the Cinema; 3 The 1950s and 1960s: The Roman Empire; 4 The 1950s and 1960s: The Bible; 5 The 1950s and 1960s: Greece and Egypt; 6 The Ancient World Revival; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; ZFew genres have been subject to such critical scorn as the Ancient World epic. Yet, they have regularly achieved huge box office success. This book tells the history of the Ancient World epic from the silent screen successes of Intolerance and The King of Kings through the 'golden age of the epic' in the 1950s (Quo Vadis, Ben-Hur, Spartacus, Cleopatra etc) through to the 1990s revival with Gladiator, its successors in cinema (Alexander, Troy, 300) and on television (Rome). Geoffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economical and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decEpic filmsHistory and criticismHistory, Ancient, in motion picturesEpic filmsHistory and criticism.History, Ancient, in motion pictures.791.43658Richards Jeffrey551272MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808947003321Hollywood's ancient worlds3955090UNINA