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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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Classics on screen : ancient Greece and Rome on film / Alastair J. L. Blanshard, Kim Shahabudin London: Bristol Classical Press, 2011.
Call No: 741.931 BLAAuthor: Blanshard, Alastair -- Shahabudin, Kim Source: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: Bristol Classical PressPubDate: 2011PhysDes: vii, 264 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: EPIC FILMS ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. GREECE ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. ITALY ; HISTORICAL FILMS. USA ; HISTORICAL FILMS. GREECE ; HISTORICAL FILMS. ITALY ; CLEOPATRA (US, Cecil B. DeMille, 1934) ; QUO VADIS (US, Mervyn LeRoy, 1951) ; FATICHE DI ERCOLE, LE (IT, Pietro Francisci, 1957) ; SPARTACUS (US, Stanley Kubrick, 1960) ; THREE HUNDRED [300] SPARTANS, THE (US, Rudolph Mate, 1962) ; JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (US/UK. Don Chaffey, 1963) ; FELLINI-SATYRICON (IT/FR, Federico Fellini, 1969) ; MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN (UK, Terry Jones, 1979) ; HERCULES (US, John Musker & Ron Clements, 1997) ; GLADIATOR (US, Ridley Scott, 2000) Summary: Publishers description: 'Through analysis of ten influential films, this book examines the representation of Greece and Rome in popular and art-house cinema. Arranged by cinematic genre and theme, this book offers an accessible introduction to the depiction of antiquity in cinema. Key scenes are discussed and each film is located in its historical contextISBN: 9780715637241Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2013Contents: 1. Establishing the conventions: Cleopatra (1934) -- 2. The Roman epics of classical Hollywood: Quo Vadis (1951) -- 3. Peplum traditions: Hercules (1958) -- 4. Roman history on Screen: Spartacus (1960) -- 5. Greek history on screen: The 300 Spartans (1962) -- 6. Myth and the fantastic: Jason and the Argonauts (1963) -- 7. Art Cinema: Fellini-Satyricon (1969) -- 8. Satirising cine-antiquity: Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979) -- 9. The Disney version: Hercules (1997) -- 10. The return of the epic? Gladiator (2000)
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DOUBLE TAKE MEET HERCULES : (AT, Des Mangan, 1990)
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HERCULES : (US, John Musker & Ron Clements, 1997)
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HERCULES : (US, Lewis Coates [pseud. of Luigi Cozzi], 1983)
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HERCULES : (US, Brett Ratner, 2014)
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HERCULES RETURNS : (AT, David Parker, 1993)
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HERCULES: THE LEGENDARY JOURNEYS : [TV] (US, Robert Tapert, 1995)
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ISRAM/Silverstein & Tony Blanco in multi-picture deal in Australasian Cinema (23/07/1982) vol.11 iss.13 p.6
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MCINTYRE, HERCULES CHRISTIAN
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Recent releases in Cinema d'Oggi (Nov 83) vol.xvii iss.19-9 p.10-11
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