LEADER 04870nam 2200613Ia 4500001 99125312175006421 005 20240418053313.0 006 m o d | 007 cr#-n--------- 008 090324s2010 wiu ob s001 0 eng d 010 |z2009010258 020 0-299-23283-2 024 7 2027/heb08800 |2hdl 035 (CKB)2520000000006600 035 (EBL)3444935 035 (SSID)ssj0000342378 035 (PQKBManifestationID)11252493 035 (PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342378 035 (PQKBWorkID)10284859 035 (PQKB)11245863 035 (OCoLC)550604989 035 (MdBmJHUP)muse12404 035 (Au-PeEL)EBL3444935 035 (CaPaEBR)ebr10351965 035 (MiAaPQ)EBC3444935 035 (dli)HEB08800 035 (MiU)MIU01000000000000011661697 035 (EXLCZ)992520000000006600 040 MiAaPQ |cMiAaPQ |dMiAaPQ 041 eng 050 4 PN1997.2.A425 |bR47 2010 082 00 791.4372 090 PN1997.2.A425 |b(INTERNET) 245 00 Responses to Oliver Stone's Alexander : |bfilm, history, and cultural studies / |cedited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland. 250 1st ed. 260 Madison, WI : |bUniversity of Wisconsin Press, |cc2010. 300 1 online resource (385 p.) 336 text |btxt 337 computer |bc 338 online resource |bcr 490 1 Wisconsin studies in classics 500 Description based upon print version of record. 546 English 505 0 Introduction / Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland -- Stone's Alexander. Oliver Stone's Alexander and the cinematic epic tradition / Joanna Paul -- The popular reception of Alexander / Jon Solomon -- Precursors of Alexander. Alexander on stage: a critical appraisal of Rattigan's adventure Story / Robin Lane Fox -- Appearance of history: Robert Rossen's Alexander the Great / Kim Shahabudin -- Alexander's intimates: sexuality and gender. Alexander and ancient Greek sexuality: some theoretical considerations / Marilyn B. Skinner -- Olympias and Oliver: sex, sexual stereotyping, and women in Oliver Stone's Alexander / Elizabeth D. Carney -- Fortune favors the blond: Colin Farrell in Alexander / Monica S. Cyrino -- The cult of Hephaestion / Jeanne Reames -- Alexander's dream: Macedonians and foreigners. Oliver Stone, Alexander, and the unity of mankind / Thomas Harrison -- "Help me, Aphrodite!" depicting the royal women of Persia in Alexander / Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones -- Ways of viewing Alexander. Viewing the past: cinematic exegesis in the caverns of Macedonia / Verity Platt -- Blockbuster! museum responses to Alexander / John F. Cherry -- Afterword / Oliver Stone. 504 Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 The charismatic Alexander the Great of Macedon (356-323 B.C.E.) was one of the most successful military commanders in history, conquering Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia, central Asia, and the lands beyond as far as Pakistan and India. Alexander has been, over the course of two millennia since his death at the age of thirty-two, the central figure in histories, legends, songs, novels, biographies, and, most recently, films. In 2004 director Oliver Stone's epic film Alexander generated a renewed interest in Alexander the Great and his companions, surroundings, and accomplishments, but the critical response to the film offers a fascinating lesson in the contentious dialogue between historiography and modern entertainment. This volume brings together an intriguing mix of leading scholars in Macedonian and Greek history, Persian culture, film studies, classical literature, and archaeology--including some who were advisors for the film--and includes an afterword by Oliver Stone discussing the challenges he faced in putting Alexander's life on the big screen. The contributors scrutinize Stone's project from its inception and design to its production and reception, considering such questions as: Can a film about Alexander (and similar figures from history) be both entertaining and historically sound? How do the goals of screenwriters and directors differ from those of historians? How do Alexander's personal relationships--with his mother Olympias, his wife Roxane, his lover Hephaistion, and others--affect modern perceptions of Alexander? Several of the contributors also explore reasons behind the film's tepid response at the box office and subsequent controversies. 650 0 Historical films |xHistory and criticism. 630 00 Alexander (Motion picture) 600 00 Alexander, |cthe Great, |d356-323 B.C. |xIn motion pictures. 600 10 Stone, Oliver |xCriticism and interpretation. 700 1 Cartledge, Paul. 700 1 Greenland, Fiona, |d1975- 776 |z0-299-23284-0 830 0 Wisconsin studies in classics. 906 BOOK