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Index 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957) 130 Antoninus 87-8, 97, 98, Fig. 9 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 37 Apollonius of Rhodes 69, 131, 132 300(2007) 39, 103,115, 120, 193,219, 220, Apuleius 158, 170 236-7 arena 34, 184-6, 221-2, 226, 229-33, Figs 7, 300 (graphic novel) 237 20 and 21 300 Spartans, The (1962) 5, 39, 101-24, Argona utica, myth of 69, 72, 75, 131 Figs 10 and 11; Cold War politics 105-7; Arms for Venus (play) 151 depiction of Sparta 112-18; marketing Armstrong, Todd 128, 134, 135 137; set-design 6-7, Fig. 2; reception Army of Darkness (1993) 125, 140 107-8; treatment of women 103, 118-21 art cinema 146-50 300 Spartans, The (comic) 109 Art Deco 24 81 2 (It.: Otto e Mezzo, 1963) 153, 157, 163 art, classical 161-2, 208, 209 Artemisia 116, 118, 120-1, 122, 123 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Ascilto (Ascyltus) 151, 155, 158-60 the Fomm (1966) 172 At Lost the 1918 Show (television series) A Matter of Life and Death (1946) 126 177 Achilles (1995) 129, 215 Athena (1954) 72-3 Achilles 125, 173, 204, 215, 235 Athens 102, 103, 104, 106, 110, 116, 118, Actium, Battle of 21 124, 198 Adam's Rib (1923) 23 Atkinson, Rowan 182 Adventures of Robin Hood, The (1938) 178 Attila (1954) 63 Aeneid (Roman epic poem) 38, 130 Augustus Caesar (Octavian) 5, 21 , 27, 29, Aeschylus, Seuen against Thebes 75, 31, 69, 80, 184 Persians 148 Agora (2009) 80, 219 Bacchus, see Dionysus Aladdin (1992) 196-7, 201 Baldassare, Pasquali 167-8 Alcmene 163, 202, 213 Banton, Travis 25 Alexander (King of Macedon) 2, 20, 97-8, Ba ra, Theda 22 101, 104-5, 124 Barabbas (1961) 181,221 Alexander (2004) 20, 39, 97-8, 104, 219, Barrie, Amanda 175, 191 220, 226, 235-6 BBC, see British Broadcasting Corporation Alexander the Great (1956) 39, 53, 104, Beard, Mary 185-6 124, 137, 222 Beast From 20,000 Fathoms, The (1953) Alien (1979) 223 130 Allen, Woody 171, 172-3 Beauty and the Beast (1991) 196 Alma-Tadema, Lawrence 1 Beery, Wallace 43 Amarcord (1973) 153 Being John Malkouich (1999) 126 Amazons (ancient) 74-5 Ben Hur (1959) 36, 56-7, 76, 155, 181, 184, Amazons, The (1917) 75 209, 217,218, 219 Amistad (1997) 223 Ben Hur (novel) 38, 56 Amphitryon 163, 201, 202, 213 Big Fish (2003) 126 Ancient Lowly, The (book) 82 Black Cauldron, The (1985) 196, 197 And Now For Something Completely blacklist 53-5, 56, 83, 84, 85-6, 105 Different (1971) 177, 186 Blade Runner (1982) 223 Androcles and the Lion (1952) 38, 94 Blood of a Poet, Th e (Fr.: Le Sang d'un animation 128-30, 136, 140, 176, HH-6, 198 pOl~ll' , 1930) I tlH-!iO 2fi7 Index Index body-building 17, 33, 58, 70-3, 76, 99, 128, Cleopatra (1934) 20, 22-33, Figs 4 and 5, Dionysus 162, 214 151-2, 154-5; fragmentary nature 160-3; 131, 143, 174, 192 anachronisms 27; a udience 12; costume Disney Corporation 195, 200 marketing 9; naming of film 156-7; Bonham-Carter, Helena 173 and make-up 25-6; eroticism 29-30; Disney, Roy E. 197 reception 157-8 Born, Max 155, 158 gender issues 26, 29, 31-3, Fig. 5; Disney, Walt 194-5, 213-14 Fifth Element, The (1997) 125 Boyd, Stephen 56, 57, 217 luxury 30, 185; merchandising 26, 33; Do Not Adjust Your Set (television series) film, as art 16; audience 11 , 15-16, 39, 232; British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) opening sequence 8 177 casting 9, 154-5; censorship 22-3, 54, 176, 177, 181-2, 183, 219 Cleopatra (1963) 33, 36, 37, 57, 99, 155, Dolce Vita, La (1960) 153, 155, 163, 165 140, 181; distribution and exhibition brothel 158, 165-6, 169, Fig. 16 174-5, 192, 217 Don't Change Your Husband (1919) 23 217-18; finance and commercial Bryna Productions 84 Cleopiitre (1899) 22 Donati, Danilo 156 pressures 9, 15, 37, 60, 134, 147, 156, bullfighting 230 Clocllwise (1986) 178 Donovan, Tate 202 174, 217; how to watch 7-12; marketing Burton, Richard 37, 124, 174, 217 Cocteau, Jea n 149-50, 170 dormouse test 185-6 9-10, 11, 156, 157, 199; realism 39, 44, Colbert, Claudette 20, 22 Double Take Meets Hercules (stage show) 173; silent 16; sound 19-20, 140, 173; Cabiria (HJ14) 18, 33-4, 59-60 Cold War 39, 43, 64, 76, 81, 84, 94-5, 105-7 192 studio system 36, 217-18; technology Cacoyannis, Michael 149 Coleman, Kathleen 222 Douglas, Kirk 39, 83-5, 86, 94 and special effects 11, 18, 35, 37, 62, Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) 38 Colossus of Rhodes (It.: ll colosso di Rodi, Douglas, Lloyd C. 38, 56 147, 155, 225-6 Caligula 216 1961) 68, 76, 104 Duel of the Titans (1961) 78 Flying Wedge 107-8, Fig.10 Calpurnia 27-9, 31 , 33 Colossus of Rhodes, The 137, Fig. 12 Dungeons and Dragons (role-playing game) Flynn, Errol 178 campaign tents 4-7 Columbus, Chris 144-5, 219 140 FotLr Frightened People (1934) 23 Canova, Antonio 16 comedy films 172-6 Dyna mation 129, 130; see also animation Franzoni, David 223 Carry On Cleo (1964) 175, 190-1, 216 comedy, ancient 172 French Revolution 4 Carry On Spying (1964) 175 Commodus 57, 216, 217, 222, 223, 224, Eagle of the Ninth (children's novel) 219 Friday Night, Saturday Morning Casanova (1976) 156 226, 228-9, 230, 232-4 Eagle, The (2011) 219-20 (television series) 181-2 Catullus 169 Communism 39, 40, 50, 53 Earth us the Flying Saucers (1956) 130 Frost Report, The (television series) 177 Centurion (2010) 219-20 Company of Wolves, The (1984) 126 Edward Scissorhands (1990) 126 Chapman, Graham 176-9, 181, 182, 188 Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) 11, Egan, Richard 108, 110 gangster film 34 Cheat, The (1915) 23 125, 221, 225-6, 235; see also film, Egyptomania 24 Gardner, Helen 22 chorus, Greek 171, 209-10 technology a nd special effects Eisenstein, Sergei 194-5 Gerome, J ean-Leon 3, 24, 185, 224, Fig. 20 Christianity 18, 19, 34, 39-40, 42-3, 46-8, Crassus, Marcus Licinius 86-8, 91, 92, 94, Eisner, Michael 196 Giant of Marathon (lt.: La battaglia di 50, 56-7, 80, 103, 164-5, 167-9, 174, 96-8, 99, Fig. 9 Electra (1962) 149 Maratona, 1959) 68, 103-4, 123-4 178-8~ 181, 184, 222, 233 Crawford, Michael 172 EMI Films 179 Gibbon, Edward 57 cine-antiquity 15, 18, 25, 27-9, 36, 39-40; Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2003) Encolpio (Encolpius) 151, 155, 158-60, 163, Gilliam, Terry 176-9 alibi for eroticism and violence 23, 47, 126 165, 169, Fig. 15 Gitone (Giton) 151, 155, 158-60, 161, 165, 174, 229; as pedagogy 19, 45; aural Crowe, Russell 228 epic film 36-40, 102, 164, 207, 209; as 177 paradigms 19-20, 43-4, 227-8; decline in Cupid and Psyche (1897) 16 metaphor for Hollywood studios 37, 50; Gladiator (2000) 8, 11, 216, 218-35, Figs 20 appeal 173-4; factual errors 11, 27, 222; Curtis, Tony 87 cost 36, 174, 217; decline in popularity and 21 ; accents in 227-8; as postmodern iconic imagery 30, 4 7, 49, 55, 184, 174, 216-18; extravagance 36, 45, 185-6; epic film 221, 222-3, 226, 231; family as 185-6, 218-19; location filming at D'Annunzio, Gabriele 34, 42 narrative themes 39-40, 43, 50-3, 56, new religion 228, 233-4; heroism 226-8; historical sites 134, 172; research for D'Annunzio, Gabriellino 42 184; on television 40, 46, 218; revival history painting as inspiration 185, films 19, 45; reasons for appeal 1, 16; Da Vinci, Leonardo 42, The Last Supper 216, 219-21; satirized 181, 183-6, 216 224, Fig. 20; Leni Riefenstahl, influence s11tirizing 173-6, 216; spectacle in 23, 42-3 Eumolpo (Eumolpus) 151, 158-60, 161, Fig. of 224-5; reception 3-4; set-design 7; 29-30, 37, 38, 45, 47-8 Damon and Pythias (1962) 104 15 violence as entertainment 229-33 dancing girls 30, 48, 174 Euripides 149, 170 gladiators (Roman) 88-92, in film 184-5, Cinecitta studios 44, 153, 155, 165 David, Jacques-Louis 77-8 221-2, 226, 230, 231-3 Cinema Paradiso (1988) 59 Deianeira 211 Fall of the Roman Empire, The (1964) 36, Gladiator, The (play) 92-3 Clair, Rene 194 Delfont, Lord Bernard 179 40, 57, 216-19, 217, 221, 226 God of War (videogame series) 220-1 Clash of the Titans (1981) 126, 128, 130, Delphi 17, 110, 116, 198 Fall of Troy, The (It: La caduta di Troia, gods, Greek 39, 125, 127-8, analogy with 131, 141, 143, 144, 220 Demaratus 110, 115, 119, 120 1911) 18, 125 animator 133, 143; problem of Clash of the Titans (2010) 219, 220-1 Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) 56, Fantasia (1940) 213-14 representation on film 127-8, 141; class system, British 177, 179, 180-1, 186-9 92,94, 221, 232 fantasy films 37, 125-8, 133 relationship with man 132, 135, 140-3, cledonomancy 169 DeMille, Cecil B. 3, 10, 20, 23, 25, 28, 29, Farnese Heracles 2, 70-2 145, Fig. 14 Cleese, John 176-83 passim, 187, 188 30, 31, 33, 34, 154, 163 Fascism 40, 42, 50, 69, 184; see also Godzilla (1956) 62 Clements, Ron 197, 198 Demongeot, My!Eme 79, 104, 124 Nazism Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1974) 130 Cleomenes 115, 118-19 Depression cinema 24, 29 Fast, Howard 81 Golding, William 106 Cleopatra (VII Philopater) 20-2, 24, 25, DeVito, Danny 197, 202 Fawlty Towers (television series) 179 Goldstone, John 179 26-33, 79, 81 Diesel, Vin 219 Fellini, Federico 59, 152-3, 163, 166-7, 168 Gorgo 113, 118-20, Fig.