Screen LibraryThe ancient world in silent cinema /
"In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in question, ranging from historical an...
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Cambridge University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge ; New York : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"In the first four decades of cinema, hundreds of films were made that drew their inspiration from ancient Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Bible. Few of these films have been studied, and even fewer have received the critical attention they deserve. The films in question, ranging from historical and mythological epics to adaptations of ancient drama, burlesques, cartoons and documentaries, suggest a fascination with the ancient world that competes in intensity and breadth with that of Hollywood's classical era. What contribution did antiquity make to the development of early cinema? ... |
| Carrier Form: | xxi, 379 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-368) and indexes. |
| ISBN: |
9781107016101 (hardback) : 110701610X (hardback) |
| Index Number: | PN1995 |
| CLC: | J905 |
| Call Number: | J905/A541 |
| Contents: |
Introduction: silent cinema, antiquity and 'The Exhaustless Urn of Time' / Theories, Histories, Receptions: The ancient world on silent film: the view from the archive / On visual cogency: the emergence of an antiquity of moving images / Cinema in the time of the pharaoh / 'Hieroglyphics in motion': representing ancient Egypt and the Middle East in film theory and criticism of the silent period / Architecture and art dance meet in the ancient world ... |