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The Return of the Epic Film - Genre, Aesthetics and History in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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The Return of the Epic Film - Genre, Aesthetics and History in the 21st Century (Hardcover)
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This book explores the return of the 'epic' in 21st-century cinema.
With the success of Gladiator, both critics and scholars
enthusiastically announced the return of a genre which had lain
dormant for 30 years. However, this return raises important new
questions which remain unanswered. Why did the epic come back, and
why did it fall out of fashion? Are these the same kinds of epics
as the 1950s and 60s, or are there aesthetic differences? Can we
treat Kingdom of Heaven, 300 and Thor indiscriminately as one
genre? Are non-Western histories like Hero and Mongol epics, too?
Finally, what precisely do we mean when we talk about the return of
the epic film, and why are they back? The Return of the Epic Film
offers a fresh way of thinking about a body of films which has
dominated our screens for a decade. With contributions from top
scholars in the field, the collection adopts a range of
interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the epic film in the 21st
century.
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