The Return of the Epic Film
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What does the new epic film now look like? How is it classified? Why has it returned? The success of Gladiator re-launched a genre which had lain dormant for 35 years. The Return of the Epic Film is one of the first books to examine this return as a coherent body of films. Studying a range of films from Gladiator to Clash of the Titans, the various essays question how we define these new epics, their aesthetics, their relationship to history, and who decides which films should be in the canon. Over the course of 11 essays by key figures in the field, the book examines in what ways, why, and…mehr

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What does the new epic film now look like? How is it classified? Why has it returned? The success of Gladiator re-launched a genre which had lain dormant for 35 years. The Return of the Epic Film is one of the first books to examine this return as a coherent body of films. Studying a range of films from Gladiator to Clash of the Titans, the various essays question how we define these new epics, their aesthetics, their relationship to history, and who decides which films should be in the canon. Over the course of 11 essays by key figures in the field, the book examines in what ways, why, and how the epic film has returned to our cinemas. By embracing a range of approaches which take into account the production process, and by questioning the canon of films conventionally accepted as epics, this book will inspire Film Studies students and scholars to rethink the epic film. Andrew B. R. Elliott is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln. Contributors Saër Maty Bâ, Deborah Bridge, Robert Burgoyne, Aarttee Kaul Dhar, Sheldon Hall, Kevin J. Harty, Mark Jancovich, Jeffrey Richards, Robert Stow and Paul B. Sturtevant. Cover image: Russell Crowe in Gladiator (2000) Ridley Scott (c) Dreamworks/Universal/The Kobal Collection/Buitendijk, JAAP. Cover design: [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com
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Andrew B.R. Elliott is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lincoln, UK, where he works on the depiction of history in popular culture. In addition to his work on epics, he has written on the use of the Middle Ages, Robin Hood, Vikings, and Classical Antiquity in film, as well as the depiction of the past in video games and television.