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I thought of tying this to the Times piece (below) but it seems sufficiently different to warrant its own little chunk of rogueclassicism. The incipit of a column in the Post … where possible, I’ve interspersed bits from Youtub of the clip in question: 1. In the Stanley Kubrick epic “Spartacus,” the Romans offer slaves…
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From Natalie Haynes in the Times’ entertainment pages (this one is filling my box and Facebook notification thingy; tip o’ the pileus to quite a few folks) … a good excerpt: Spartacus reflects so many of our current obsessions: the actors are uniformly gorgeous, toned and buff, like models. It’s never questioned. These are gladiators…
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Very nice overview of the genre, right up to Agora, with comments hic et illic from Robin Lane Fox: The return of swords ‘n’ sandals movies | FT.
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A very good piece from the BBC … with the usual observation on the effect of movies on Classics enrollment in universities. And yet, we hear Classics is in a state of semi-crisis in the UK … How does that compute? Fifty years ago, the story of Clash of the Titans – now a 3D…
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The musical with Catherine Zeta-Jones seems to be having difficulties (not sure if that’s a bad thing): Movies – News – Winstone: ‘Cleo might be gone’ | Digital Spy.
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