Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture

Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture
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Publisher : Bristol Phoenix Press
Total Pages : 170
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ISBN-10 : 1904675123
ISBN-13 : 9781904675129
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Book Synopsis Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture by : Gideon Nisbet

Download or read book Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture written by Gideon Nisbet and published by Bristol Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and expanded second edition responds to new developments in the reception of Greece in contemporary popular culture, and particularly the impact of the film 300 (2006).Why, in a century of film-making, have so few versions of the story of Alexander the Great - or that of Troy's fall - made it to the big screen? In the aftermath of Gladiator (2000), with Hollywood studios rushing to revisit the ancient world with Troy and Alexander (both 2004), this question takes on renewed significance.Nisbet unpacks the ideas that continue to make Greece hot property - often too hot for Hollywood to handle. His lively explorations, which assume no prior expertise in classical or film studies, will appeal to all with an interest in 'reception': the present day's re-use and re-invention of the past.


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