Classical Myth & Culture in the CinemaMartin M. Winkler From its earliest beginnings, the cinema has turned to ancient Greece and Rome for subject matter and inspiration. "Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema" is a collection of essays illustrating the continuing presence of antiquity in the modern medium of film. These essays examine films set in antiquity or films with modern plots that reflect classical archetypes. Contributors interpret individual films or trace thematic connections among several films. Examples of cinematic genres represented are historical epic, tragedy, comedy, the western, film noir, science fiction, and the thriller. Among the classical authors whose works the book deals with are Homer, Euripides, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Virgil, Ovid, and Petronius; film directors include Eisenstein, Ford, Stevens, Fellini, Aldrich, Polanski, Mann, Peckinpah, Kubrick, Coppola, Boorman, and Greenway. -- From publisher's description. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
The Katabasis Theme in Modern Cinema | 23 |
Narrative Strategy in the Odyssey | 51 |
Michael Cacoyannis and Irene Papas on Greek Tragedy | 72 |
Iphigenia | 90 |
A Visual Essay | 102 |
Tragic Features in John Fords The Searchers | 118 |
Chinatown | 148 |
9 to 5 as Aristophanic Comedy | 172 |
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