Representations of antiquity in film : from Griffith to grindhouse

1. Verfasser: McGeough, Kevin M. , [VerfasserIn]
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Sheffield, South Yorkshire ; Bristol, CT : Equinox Publishing Ltd., 2022.
Umfang/Format: xiv, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Discourses in ancient near eastern and biblical studies
Schlagworte:
Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures
Motion pictures and history
Historical films > History and criticism
Peplum films > History and criticism.
Epic films > History and criticism.
Parallelausgabe: McGeough, Kevin M., Representations of antiquity in film (Online version:) | ISSN: 9781781799826
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Introduction. The importance of popular culture
  • Film as history and history as hyperreality
  • Epic Egyptian kitsch : historical thinking and statecraft in the cinematic ancient world
  • Nero the Nazi and Akhenaten the Lutheran : the presentism of the ancient world on film
  • Evil seductresses, feisty housewives, and the temptation of Victor Mature
  • The Judean People's Front and Jesus's mod tour bus : musicals and comedies set in the ancient world
  • From the arthouse to the grindhouse : the ancient epic subverted
  • Gods, monsters, and musclemen
  • Cavegirls and the Upper Paleolithic fur bikini
  • The new epic : ultraviolence, comic books, and CGI.

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