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Big Screen Rome is the first systematic survey of the most important and popular films from the past half century that reconstruct the image of Roman antiquity. * The first systematic survey of the most important and popular recent films about Roman antiquity. * Shows how cinema explores, reinvents and celebrates the spectacle of ancient Rome. * Films discussed in depth include Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus, Ridley Scott's Gladiator and Terry Jones's Monty Python's Life of Brian. * Contributes to discussions about the ongoing relevance of the classical world. * Shows how contemporary film-makers use recreations of ancient history as commentaries on contemporary society. * Structured in a way that makes it suitable for course use, and features issues for discussion and analysis, and reference to further bibliographic resources. * Written in an energetic and engaging style.

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Book category Books in English The arts Film, TV & radio Films, cinema

• Full title: Big Screen Rome
• Author: Monica Cyrino
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 292
• EAN: 9781405116831
• ISBN: 1405116838
• ID: 04954391
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
• Weight: 610 g
• Dimensions: 241 × 159 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 11. October 2005

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