Download or read book Classical Masculinity and the Spectacular Body on Film written by D. O'Brien and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-29 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The muscle-bound male body is a perennial feature of classically-inflected action cinema. This book reassesses these films as a cinematic form, focusing on the depiction of heroic masculinity. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations has greatly influenced popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form.