Wentworth
Institute of Technology
Spartacus : film and history /
"Stanley Kubrick's epic film Spartacus has enjoyed iconic status in cinema history and strongly influenced modern perspectives on ancient Rome. This book examines the film from different historical, political, and cinematic perspectives. This book examines the film from different historica...
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Malden, MA, USA :
Blackwell Pub.,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction / Martin M. Winkler
- Who killed the legend of Spartacus? production, censorship, and reconstruction of Stanley Kubrick's epic film / Duncan L. Cooper
- Dalton Trumbo vs. Stanley Kubrick: the historical meaning of Spartacus / Duncan L. Cooper
- Spartacus, Exodus, and Dalton Trumbo: managing ideologies of war / Frederick Ahl
- Spartacus: history and histrionics / Allen M. Ward
- Spartacus, rebel against Rome / C.A. Robinson, Jr.
- Training + tactics = Roman battle success: from Spartacus: the illustrated story of the motion picture production
- The character of Marcus Licinius Crassus / W. Jeffrey Tatum
- Roman slavery and the class divide: why Spartacus lost / Michael Parenti
- The holy cause of freedom: American ideals in Spartacus / Martin M. Winkler
- Spartacus and the Stoic idea of death / Francisco Javier Tovar Paz
- "Culturally significant and not just simple entertainment": history and the marketing of Spartacus / Martin M. Winker
- The principal ancient sources on Spartacus: Plutarch, Crassus 8-11 and Pompey 21.1-2 ; Appian, The civil wars 1.14.111 and 116-121.1 ; Sallust, The histories 3.96 and 98 (M) = 3.64 and 66 (McG) ; Livy, Periochae 95-97 ; Velleius Paterculus, Compendium of Roman history 2.30.5-6 ; Florus, Epitome of Roman history 2.8 (3.20) ; Frontinus, Strategies 1.5.20-22 and 7.6, 2.4.7 and 5.34 ; Orosius, History against the pagans 5.24.1-8 and 18-19.