Film stardom and the ancient past : idols, artefacts and epics

• Tác giả: Michael Williams
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 1137390018 (acid-free paper)
• ISBN: 9781137390011 (acid-free paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 791.436583 Motion pictures, radio, television
• Mô tả vật lý: xiv, 311 pages : , illustrations (some color) ; , 22 c
• Bộ sưu tập: Kiến trúc, nghệ thuật, hội họa
• ID: 283062
• Chủ đề: 1. Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; 2. Civilization, Ancient, in motion pictures; 3. Motion pictures--History; 4. Motion pictures

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index

Tóm tắt

 This book offers the first comprehensive exploration of how the ancient past has shaped screen stardom in Hollywood since the silent era. It engages with debates on historical reception, gender and sexuality, nostalgia, authenticity and the uses of the past. Michael Williams gives fresh insights into 'divinized stardom', a highly influential and yet understudied phenomenon that predates Hollywood and continues into the digital age. Case studies include Greta Garbo and Mata Hari (1931)
  Buster Crabbe and the 1930s Olympian body
  the marketing of Rita Hayworth as Venus in the 1940s
  sculpture and star performance in Oliver Stone's Alexander (2004)
  landscape and sexuality in Troy (2004)
  digital afterimages of stars such as Marilyn Monroe
  and the classical body in the contemporary ancient genre