A comprehensive treatment of the Classical World in film and television, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen closely examines the films and TV shows centered on Greek and Roman cultures and explores the tension between pagan and Christian worlds. Written by a team of experts in their fields, this work considers productions that discuss social settings as reflections of their times and as indicative of the technical advances in production and the economics of film and television. Productions included are a mix of Hollywood and European spanning from the silent film era though modern day television series, and topics discussed include Hollywood politics in film, soundtrack and sound design, high art and low art, European art cinemas, and the ancient world as comedy. Written for students of film and television as well as those interested in studies of ancient Rome and Greece, A Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome on Screen provides comprehensive, current thinking on how the depiction of Ancient Greece and Rome on screen has developed over the past century. It reviews how films of the ancient world mirrored shifting attitudes towards Christianity, the impact of changing techniques in film production, and fascinating explorations of science fiction and technical fantasy in the ancient world on popular TV shows like Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who. INDICE: Notes on Contributors .Introduction Arthur J. Pomeroy .PART I THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DEPICTION OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME ON SCREEN .1. Greece and Rome on Screen: the Early Years Pantelis Michelakis .2. The Creation of Epic: Italian Silent Film to 1915 Irmbert Schenk .3. From 1916 to the Arrival of Sound: the Systematization, Expressivity, and Self–reflection of the Feature Film Maria Wyke .4. The Resurgence of the Epics in the 1950s: Classical Antiquity in Postwar Hollywood Konstantinos P. Nikoloutsos .5. Hollywood Ascendant: Ben Hur and Spartacus Fiona Radford .6. The Peplum Era Arthur J. Pomeroy .PART II COMEDY, DRAMA, AND ADAPTATION .7. Hollywood Meets Art–House Cinema: Michael Cacoyannis Hybrid Euripidean Trilogy Anastasia Bakogianni .8. Greek Tragedy as Theater in Screen Media Meredith Safran .9. Greece and Rome on the Comic Screen Lisa Maurice .10. The Return of a Genre Jerry Benjamin Pierce .11. Franco Rossi s Adaptations of the Classics Arthur J. Pomeroy .12. I, Claudius and Ancient Rome as Televised Period Drama Juliette Harrisson .13. Premium Cable Television Monica S. Cyrino .14. Thinking Through the Ancient World: Late Antique Movies as a Mirror of Shifting Attitudes towards Christian Religion Filippo Carlà–Uhink .15. Non–western approaches to the ancient world: India and Japan Classical Heritage or Exotic Occidentalism? Anja Wieber .PART III FILM PRODUCTION AND ANCIENT WORLD CINEMA .16. Man to Man: Music and Masculine Relations in Ben Hur (1925 and 1959) Stephan Prock .17. Visual Poetry on Screen: Sets and Costumes for Ancient Greek Tragedy Alejandro Valverde García .18. Filming the Ancient World: Have Film Historians Made a Spectacular Omission of Epic Proportions? Harriet Margolis .PART IV THE ANCIENT WORLD AS AN IDEA .19. High Art and Low Art Expectations: Ancient Greece in Film and Popular Culture Alastair J.L. Blanshard .20. Soft Science Fiction and Technical Fantasy: the Ancient World in Star Trek, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, and Dr. Who? Otta Wenskus .21. The Ancient World is Part of Us: Classical Tragedy in Modern Film and Television Anastasia Bakogianni .22. Ancient World Documentaries Fiona Hobden .23. Mythology for the Young at Heart Martin Lindner
- ISBN: 978-1-118-74135-1
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 568
- Fecha Publicación: 19/04/2017
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- Idioma: Inglés