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THE RETURN OF THE EPIC FILM
Andrew B.R. Elliott
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Hardcover. With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain dormant for 30 years. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? This collection adopts a range of interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the epic film in the 21st century. Editor(s): Elliot, Andrew B. R. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, film stills. BIC Classification: 3JM; APFA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
This book explores the return of the 'epic' in 21st-century cinema. With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain dormant for 30 years. However, this return raises important new questions which remain unanswered. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? Are these the same kinds of epics as the 1950s and 60s, or are there aesthetic differences? Can we treat Kingdom of Heaven, 300 and Thor indiscriminately as one genre? Are non-Western histories like Hero and Mongol epics, too? Finally, what precisely ... Read more
This book explores the return of the 'epic' in 21st-century cinema. With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain dormant for 30 years. However, this return raises important new questions which remain unanswered. Why did the epic come back, and why did it fall out of fashion? Are these the same kinds of epics as the 1950s and 60s, or are there aesthetic differences? Can we treat Kingdom of Heaven, 300 and Thor indiscriminately as one genre? Are non-Western histories like Hero and Mongol epics, too? Finally, what precisely ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780748684021
SKU
V9780748684021
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About Andrew B.R. Elliott
Andrew B. R. Elliott is Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK, where he works on the depiction of history in popular culture.
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