BLOCKBUSTERS AND THE ANCIENT WORLD : allegory and warfare in contemporary hollywood.

"Following the release of Ridley Scott's Gladiator in 2000 the ancient world epic has experienced a revival in studio and audience interest. Building on existing scholarship on the Cold War epics of the 1950s-60s, including Ben-Hur, Spartacus and The Robe, this original study explores the...

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Main Author: DAVIES, CHRIS
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] I B TAURIS, 2018.
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