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Classical masculinity and the spectacular body on film : the mighty sons of Hercules / by Daniel O'Brien Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 451-01 OBRAuthor: O'Brien, Daniel Source: UK/USPlace: Houndmills, Basingstoke, HampshirePublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: vii, 191 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; MEN IN FILMS ; BODY IN FILMS ; HEROS IN FILMS ; MYTH AND THE CINEMA ; ACTION FILMS ; HISTORICAL FILMS ; HERCULES (IT, Pietro Francisci, 1957) ; FATICHE DI ERCOLE, LE (IT, Pietro Francisci, 1957) ; JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (UK/US, Don Chaffey, 1963) ; 300 (US, Zach Snyder, 2006) ; CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982) ; XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS [TV] (US, 1995-) Summary: "The cinema has often showcased the muscular male body, most notably in genres invoking classical Greco-Roman culture, whether peplum, epic or sword-and-sorcery. This book reassesses the classically-inflected action film as a significant cinematic form, often marginalized in media studies, that transcends such reductive labels as camp or kitsch. The focus is on the depiction of heroic masculinity, often characterized as reactionary or fascist, yet far more varied and contradictory, especially in relation to femininity and non-whiteness. These diverse representations of masculinity offer a major contribution to debates on maleness within and beyond academia that has been largely unexplored. In particular, Hercules in his many incarnations is one of the most important mythopoetic figures, on a par with King Arthur, Robin Hood, Tarzan and James Bond, informing popular cultural interpretations of manliness and the exaggerated male form"-- BOOK BLURBNotes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and indexISBN: 9781137384706Contents: -- Introduction -- Part I: men as men should be 1. Hercules Unchained ; 2. Hercules Reformed ; 3. Hercules Diminished ; 4. Hercules Rebooted ; 5. I'm Spartacus! -- Part II: taming the women with love or death -- 6. The Loves of Hercules ; 7. The Temptress from Beyond ; 8. Fight Like a Man -- Part III: this thing of darkness 9. White Man's Burden? ; 10. Doom's Children ; 11. This is Sparta! ; Coda -- Bibliography --Index --
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CONAN THE BARBARIAN : (US, John Milius, 1982)
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The epic film : myth and history / Derek Elley London Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Call No: 740 ELLAuthor: Elley, Derek Place: London BostonPublisher: Routledge & Kegan PaulPubDate: 1984PhysDes: xv, 223 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSeries: Cinema and societySubject: EPIC FILMS ; FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, THE (US, Anthony Mann, 1964) ; SOLOMAN AND SHEBA (US, King Vidor, 1959) ; SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960) ; BEN HUR (US, William Wyler, 1959) ; CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982) Notes: Includes indexes; Filmography: p. 167-204; Bibliography: p. 205-206ISBN: 0710096569; 0710099932 (pbk.)LON: 2663515
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Fox product in Australasian Cinema (29/10/1982) vol.11 iss.19 p.14
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX ; PIRATE MOVIE, THE (AT, Ken Annakin, 1982) ; CHRISTIANE F.- WIR KINDER VOM BAHNHOF ZOO (GW, Ulrich Edel, 1981) ; I OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES (US, Herbert Ross, 1982) ; MODERN PROBLEMS (US, Ken Shapiro, 1981) ; VISITING HOURS (CN, Jean-Claude Lord, 1981) ; SIX PACK (US, Daniel Petrie, 1982) ; CONAN THE BARBARIAN (US, John Milius, 1982) ; AUTHOR! AUTHOR! (US, Arthur Hiller, 1982) ; VERDICT, THE (US, Sidney Lumet, 1982) ; MONSIGNOR (US, Frank Perry, 1982) ; KING OF COMEDY, THE (US, Martin Scorsese, 1983) ; TOUGH ENOUGH (US, Richard Fleischer, 1983) ; ENTITY, THE (US, Sidney J. Furie, 1982) Summary: List of current, coming, and completed Fox films.
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Muscles, swords and sorcery in Conan the Barbarian in Photoplay M+V (Sep 1982) vol.33 iss.9 p.30-31
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Steranko: An exclusive behind-the-scenes interview with the writer-director of Conan: Milius in Prevue (Jun/Jul 1982) vol.2 iss.8 p.40-46
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Steranko: An exclusive conversation with Arnold Schwarzenegger in Prevue (Apr-May 1982) vol.2 iss.7 p.26-32, 39
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