The return of the epic film [[electronic resource] ] : genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century / / edited by Andrew B.R. Elliot [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Elliott Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 791.43658 |
Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-4744-0285-2
0-7486-9706-3 0-7486-8403-4 |
Classificazione | AP 52600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Return of the Epic / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. I Epics and Ancient History -- 2. Sir Ridley Scott and the Rebirth of the Historical Epic / Jeffrey Richards -- 3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and America since the Second World War: Some Cinematic Parallels / Kevin J. Harty -- 4.T̀here's Nothing So Wrong with a Hollywood Script that a Bunch of Giant CGI Scorpions Can't Solve': Politics, Computer Generated Images and Camp in the Critical Reception of the Post-Gladiator Historical Epics / Mark Jancovich -- 5. Popcorn and Circus: An Audience Expects / Robert Stow -- pt. II Epic Aesthetics and Genre -- 6. Colour in the Epic Film: Alexander and Hero / Robert Burgoyne -- 7. Defining the Epic: Medieval and Fantasy Epics / Paul B. Sturtevant -- 8. Special Effects, Reality and the New Epic Film / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. III Epic Films and the Canon -- 9. Pass the Ammunition: A Short Etymology of B̀lockbuster' / Sheldon Hall -- 10. Epic Stumbling Blocks / Saer Maty Ba -- 11. The Greatest Epic of the Twenty-First Century? / Deborah Bridge -- 12. The Ramayana and Sita in Films and Popular Media: The Repositioning of a Globalised Version / Aarttee Kaul Dhar. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786555903321 |
Elliott Andrew | ||
Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The return of the epic film [[electronic resource] ] : genre, aesthetics and history in the twenty-first century / / edited by Andrew B.R. Elliot [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Elliott Andrew |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 224 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 791.43658 |
Soggetto topico | Epic films - History and criticism |
ISBN |
1-4744-0285-2
0-7486-9706-3 0-7486-8403-4 |
Classificazione | AP 52600 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: The Return of the Epic / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. I Epics and Ancient History -- 2. Sir Ridley Scott and the Rebirth of the Historical Epic / Jeffrey Richards -- 3. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and America since the Second World War: Some Cinematic Parallels / Kevin J. Harty -- 4.T̀here's Nothing So Wrong with a Hollywood Script that a Bunch of Giant CGI Scorpions Can't Solve': Politics, Computer Generated Images and Camp in the Critical Reception of the Post-Gladiator Historical Epics / Mark Jancovich -- 5. Popcorn and Circus: An Audience Expects / Robert Stow -- pt. II Epic Aesthetics and Genre -- 6. Colour in the Epic Film: Alexander and Hero / Robert Burgoyne -- 7. Defining the Epic: Medieval and Fantasy Epics / Paul B. Sturtevant -- 8. Special Effects, Reality and the New Epic Film / Andrew B.R. Elliott -- pt. III Epic Films and the Canon -- 9. Pass the Ammunition: A Short Etymology of B̀lockbuster' / Sheldon Hall -- 10. Epic Stumbling Blocks / Saer Maty Ba -- 11. The Greatest Epic of the Twenty-First Century? / Deborah Bridge -- 12. The Ramayana and Sita in Films and Popular Media: The Repositioning of a Globalised Version / Aarttee Kaul Dhar. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910819261903321 |
Elliott Andrew | ||
Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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