Hollywood's Ancient Worlds

by Jeffrey Richards

Book Overview

Jeffrey Richards examines the cultural, social, economic and technological circumstances that dictated the rise and decline of each successive cycle of Ancient World epics, from the silent film era, to the "golden age" of the 1950s, right up to the present day (Gladiator, 300, Rome). Analysis reveals that historical films are always as much about the time in which they are made as they are about the time in which they are set...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847250076
• ISBN13: 9781847250070
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"