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Petronius, Gaius historical figure 16 Quo Vadis 8, 11, 24, 26–7, 29, 31, 32, 33, 49, 118 Satyricon 16 Phantom of the Opera 168 The Philadelphia Story 138 Philia (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) 160, 161, 168, 170 Philip (son of Herod the Great) 43, 179 Phoenix, Joaquin 234 Pilate, Pontius Ben-Hur 63, 64, 65, 77, 78, 85, 86 historical figure 44, 67, 68, 180, 181 Monty Python’s Life of Brian 179–80, 190–1 The Robe 35, 36, 52 Piso, Cnaeus Calpurnius 40, 41 Piso, Gaius Calpurnius 15 Planet of the Apes movies 148 Plato 233 Plautius (Quo Vadis) 8, 23 Plautus, Titus Maccius 164, 167 Miles Gloriosus 165 Playboy 154, 174, 205 Plummer, Christopher 233 Plutarch 97, 99, 128, 136, 137 Poitier, Sidney 111, 138 poliomyelitis 57 political correctness 190 Pompeianus, Aurelius Commodus 217 Pompeianus, Tiberius Claudius 217 Pompey (Cnaeus Pompeius Magnus) Cleopatra 122, 150 historical figure 97, 99, 129 Poppaea Sabina historical figure 13, 196 Quo Vadis 8–9, 11, 12, 24, 32–3, 235 Pothinus Cleopatra 122, 123 historical figure 129 power and corruption 85–6 Praetorian Guard 41, 42, 43 Gladiator 212, 213, 227 Quo Vadis 9, 25–6, 28 The Robe 38 The Private Life of Henry VIII 112 The Producers 167, 198 production costs Ben-Hur (1925 film) 70 Ben-Hur (1959 film) 71 Cleopatra 139, 141 Gladiator 226 Monty Python’s Life of Brian 184 Quo Vadis 20 The Robe 47, 54 Propertius 136 Proximo (Gladiator) 209–10, 211, 212, 227–8, 237–8, 241, 242, 243, 245 Pryor, Richard 200 Pseudolus (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) 159, 160, 161, 167, 169, 170, 172, 174 Ptolemaic Empire 128–9 Ptolemy Auletes 128, 129 Ptolemy (Cleopatra) 122, 123, 144 Ptolemy XIII 129, 130 Ptolemy XIV 130 Publicola, Lucius Gellius 99 Quintus (Gladiator) 208, 209, 213, 241, 254 Quintus (The Robe) 35 Quirinius, Publius Sulpicius 67, 180 Quo Vadis? (1913 film) 18 Quo Vadis? (1924 film) 18 Quo Vadis (1951 film) 3, 7–33, 10, 25, 57, 117, 225 cast 7 historical context 12–16 Oscar nominations 27 plot outline 8–12 production 19–27 recent background 16–19 themes and interpretations 27–33 Quo Vadis? (novel) 16–18, 45 racism 118, 198 Raintree County 149 redemption structure 79, 82 Reds 166 Reed, Oliver 227–8, 237 Reiner, Carl 197 Return to Paradise 234 revolutionary ideology 101 Reynolds, Debbie 154 Rhinoceros 167 Richard III 108 risorgimento 101 Road to Morocco 205 INDEX 271
The Road Warrior 230 The Robe 3, 22, 34–58, 36, 51, 199 cast 34 historical context 39–44 Oscar nominations 49, 54 plot outline 34–9 production 46–54 recent background 44–6 themes and interpretations 54–8 The Robe (novel) 44–6 Robinson, Jackie 118 Robinson, Jay 51, 53 Rock, Chris 188 Roman census 67 Roman comedy 161–6, 167 Roman Holiday 5–6, 71, 103 Roman virtues 52, 229 Rome/Roman Empire 1–3, 213, 214, 240 “America as Rome” metaphor 30, 69, 173, 239 commodification 30 corruption and debauchery 3, 250 Great Fire of Rome (ad 64) 14, 19, 21, 196 map (empire, end second century ad) xii–xiii map (imperial Rome) xi The Rookie 245 Roosevelt, Franklin D. 57 Ross, Frank 46, 55 Rózsa, Miklós 21, 72, 104 Rufio (Cleopatra) 122, 123, 126, 127, 149 Saint Domingue 101 Salk, Jonas 57 Samson and Delilah 50 San Francisco earthquake and fire (1906) 21 Saturday Night Live 188 Saturnalia 165 Saurin, Bernard-Joseph 100 Saving Private Ryan 227 Scipio Africanus 96 Scorsese, Martin 188 Scott, Martha 80, 84 Scott, Ridley 225–6 see also Gladiator Seinfeld 166 Sejanus, Lucius Aelius 41 Seneca 12, 13, 15 Quo Vadis 11 272 INDEX Senex (A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) 159–60, 168 Sergeant Rutledge 118 Sertorius, Quintus 97 Sextus (Ben-Hur) 60, 81, 85 sexual revolution 154, 174 sexuality A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 173–4 Cleopatra 154–7 Gladiator 250 History of the World, Part I 204–5 Quo Vadis 32–3, 154 The Robe 58 Spartacus 109, 110–11, 119–20, 250 see also erotic gaze Shakespeare, William 137 Shane 198 Sharaff, Irene 150 Shaw, Brent D. 95 Shaw, George Bernard 138 Shevelove, Burt 166, 167 The Shining 103 Shrek movies 203 Shyamalan, M. Night 253 Sienkiewicz, Henryk 16–18, 45 The Sign of the Cross 112 Silent Movie 198 Silvers, Phil 168–9 Simmons, Bob 171 Simmons, Jean 49, 51, 110, 114 Simon, Neil 166 Simonides (Ben-Hur) 60, 62, 63, 81 The Singing Nun 46 Sistine Chapel 74 Six Feet Under 253 The Sixth Sense 253 slave rebellions 95–6, 97, 98–100, 101, 116 see also Spartacus Sleuth 139 social satire 173, 174 Soderbergh, Steven 253 Solaris 253 Solomon, Jon 24, 227, 249, 252 Some Like It Hot 111 Sondheim, Stephen 166–7 Sorlin, Pierre 3 Sosigenes (Cleopatra) 123, 126, 148 South Park 163 Spartaco (novel) 101
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Big Screen Rome
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BIG SCREEN ROME Monica Silveira Cyr
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Contents List of Illustrations vi A
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11 A Funny Thing Happened on the Wa
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permissions were secured in part wi
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Map 1 The city of Rome in the imper
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R P I D A C I A M O Sarmizegetusa C
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provocative combination of dignity
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chapters examine how both films use
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duty and desire set against the mon
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Plot Outline It is the summer of ad
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Plate 1 Quo Vadis. Petronius (Leo G
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a soldier kills Tigellinus, calling
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of Rome. Their obstinate refusal to
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he was also condemned to death. The
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associated with the Catholic Polish
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ambivalent one, given the glitterin
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This is the Appian Way, the most fa
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suggestive of the illumination she
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in historical epic films (Winkler,
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narrative and thematic focus also s
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later decades evolved into the Amer
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Peter. Eunice is the slave of Petro
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Chapter 2 The Robe (1953) The great
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Plate 3 The Robe. Marcellus (Richar
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on the command of the new emperor,
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him to retire to the island of Rhod
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of the Senate, the institution was
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of Caesarea, the prefect would spen
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of the changes in Catholicism that
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of showing off the enduring power,
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have made a great empress, thus hig
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would also play Odysseus in Helen o
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crime as a Roman citizen who has jo
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Hollywood artists who sold out duri
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Demetrius, and his jealous rage whe
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Plot Outline In the Roman province
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Judah, his mother and sister are le
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farewell: they embrace and kiss, an
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voice take the sword out of my hand
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throughout the countryside around G
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of people during its twenty-year ru
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Since Ben-Hur was in preparation lo
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technology, in particular the newly
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forceful, almost fanatical, speeche
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emperor’s offer of Roman citizens
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Messala, as Esther recounts her mem
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The appearances of Jesus are few an
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War to condemn oppressive foreign t
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poisoned by Rome, as he tells Pilat
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CORE ISSUES 1 How does the film por
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Plot Outline In the mines of North
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Plate 7 Spartacus. Draba (Woody Str
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army, losing nineteen thousand men
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second broke out in 104 and was que
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At this time, gladiatorial combat w
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Senate had no choice but to yield.
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the Communist Party of the United S
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the first time in thirteen years. T
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the slave movement with the migrati
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From this point, the film divides i
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At the heart of the new slave famil
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Antoninus dies in the arms of Spart
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Plate 8 Spartacus. Varinia (Jean Si
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learning from their mistakes; Gracc
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complaint.” As Gracchus observes
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Spartacus continues the epic cinema
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Plot Outline Part 1. On the battlef
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Plate 9 Cleopatra. Cleopatra (Eliza
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command at Tarsus in Asia Minor, an
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knowing he is the undisputed master
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Later, Ptolemy XIII fled and was fo
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Antony came to Tarsus in Cilicia wh
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for future campaigns. Early in 34 b
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honored her request for burial with
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Extra-cinematic commentary also sug
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The script, based on C. M. Franzero
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Plate 10 Cleopatra. Mark Antony (Ri
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as Caesar, but is best known for hi
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eginning of the second half after t
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desertion: I from myself.” As he
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majesty and power are displayed, Ta
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the United Nations was composed lar
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modern sex scandal. When Cleopatra
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desire for sons, as she articulates
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4 How does the film use the spectac
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kind and rather dim-witted gentlema
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Plate 11 A Funny Thing Happened on
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productions, and often acted in the
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shared experience of every society
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1996, with Nathan Lane, who also wo
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In A Funny Thing Happened on the Wa
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series of preposterous sight gags,
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freedom and the pleasures of uninhi
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autonomous part of the Roman provin
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Silly Walks,” with their in-jokes
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different religious sects, the earn
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censorship that varied from region
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may provide some inspiration for th
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obstacle to group ideals. Because t
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The cartoon construction during the
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Chapter 8 History of the World, Par
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Ancient Background The Roman Empire
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was the protagonist’s inability t
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in classic epics like Quo Vadis, Be
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or shocking, hidden by the generic
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Plot Outline In the year ad 180, th
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vets them with color codes. Maximus
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from the upper stands. Commodus inf
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to 98. Nerva’s most significant a
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most of the last decade of his reig
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morale of Roman legionaries on long
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Page 275 and 276: Killed Spartacus? How Studio Censor
Page 277 and 278: Index Page numbers in italic refer
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