The Epic Film in World Culture

by Burgoyne Robert and Robert Burgoyne

Book Overview

With the recent release of spectacular blockbuster films from Gladiator to The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the epic has once again become a major form in contemporary cinema. This new volume in the AFI Film Readers series explores the rebirth of the epic film genre in the contemporary period, a period marked by heightened and conflicting appeals to national, ethnic, and religious belonging.The orginal essays in this volume explore the tension between...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415990181
• ISBN13: 9780415990189
• Release Date: July 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"