Imperial Projections
Subtitle: Ancient Rome in Modern Popular Culture (Arethusa Books)
Contributors: Sandra R. Joshel (Editor); Margaret Malamud (Editor); Donald T., Jr. McGuire (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 9, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780801882685
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Television; Theatre, drama; History - General History; Ancient - Rome; History; History: World; Ancient Rome; General; Popular Culture - General; History / Ancient / General; Ancient - General; Theater - General; In literature; In motion pictures; Rome
First sentence: Late April 2000: the actor Russell Crowe in gladiator garb struts across television, movie, and computer screens and graces trailers, advertisements, and the covers of many magazines on the newsstand that announce the May 5 opening of Ridley Scott's Gladiator, a "sword-and-sandal epic of the kind they didn't make anymore until he did," comments the New York Times (28 April 2000).