The Ancient World in the Cinema
Subtitle: Revised and Expanded Edition
Edition: Rev Exp edition
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780300083378
Subjects: Films, cinema; World history: BCE to c 500 CE; History and criticism; Film & Video - General; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; Film & Video - History & Criticism; Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism; Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; Civilization, Ancient, in moti; Historical films
First sentence: Since the popularization of theatrical film in the first decade of the twentieth century, the wide-reaching world of the cinema has incorporated many different artistic genres, geographical localities, and historical eras, none of which have been any more recurrent, significant, or innovative than the genre of films set in the ancient Greco-Roman and biblical worlds.