Big Screen RomeJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009 M02 9 - 288 pages 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.
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... Brian (Graham Chapman) is manhandled by the centurion (John Cleese) while being questioned by Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin) History of the World, Part I. Nero (Dom DeLuise) and Empress Nympho (Madeline Kahn) luxuriate at Caesar's ...
... Brian (Graham Chapman) is manhandled by the centurion (John Cleese) while being questioned by Pontius Pilate (Michael Palin) History of the World, Part I. Nero (Dom DeLuise) and Empress Nympho (Madeline Kahn) luxuriate at Caesar's ...
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... to thank my husband, Brian Cooke, for his unwavering spirit of joy and exploration on this shared journey of ours. “Well, the roads go without saying, don't they?” Maps 1 The city of Rome in the imperial period ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix.
... to thank my husband, Brian Cooke, for his unwavering spirit of joy and exploration on this shared journey of ours. “Well, the roads go without saying, don't they?” Maps 1 The city of Rome in the imperial period ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix.
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... Brian (1979), and the Roman Empire sequence from History ofthe World, Part I (1981). Although these comedies were produced in different historical decades, their mutual enterprise is the comic vivisection of the generic conventions of ...
... Brian (1979), and the Roman Empire sequence from History ofthe World, Part I (1981). Although these comedies were produced in different historical decades, their mutual enterprise is the comic vivisection of the generic conventions of ...
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Contents
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Chapter 2 The Robe 1953 | 34 |
Chapter 3 BenHur 1959 | 59 |
Chapter 4 Spartacus 1960 | 89 |
Chapter 5 Cleopatra 1963 | 121 |
Chapter 6 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966 | 159 |
Chapter 7 Monty Pythons Life of Brian 1979 | 176 |
Chapter 8 History of the World Part I 1981 The Roman Empire Sequence | 194 |
Chapter 9 Gladiator 2000 | 207 |
Bibliography | 257 |
Index | 262 |
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