The Middle Ages and the Movies
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The Middle Ages and the Movies

Eight Key Films

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eBook - ePub

The Middle Ages and the Movies

Eight Key Films

About this book

From Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal to Monty Python, an investigation into how eight key films have shaped our understanding of the medieval world. In The Middle Ages and the Movies, eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century. The book ranges from the concoction of sex and nationalism in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, to Fritz Lang's silent epic Siegfried, the art-house classic The Seventh Seal, and the epic historical drama El Cid. Bartlett examines the historical accuracy of these films, as well as other salient aspects—how was Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose translated from page to screen? Why is Monty Python and the Holy Grail funny? And how was Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky shaped by the Stalinist tyranny under which it was filmed?

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Information

Publisher
Reaktion Books
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781789145526
eBook ISBN
9781789145533
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. PREFACE: Medieval History on the Screen
  7. 1 Sex and Nationalism: Braveheart (1995)
  8. 2 From the Page to the Screen: The Name of the Rose (1986)
  9. 3 Now for Something Completely Different: Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
  10. 4 The Artist and the State: Andrei Rublev (1966)
  11. 5 Good and Bad Muslims: El Cid (1961)
  12. 6 Playing Chess with Death: The Seventh Seal (1957)
  13. 7 Heroic Leadership: Alexander Nevsky (1938)
  14. 8 A Silent Epic: Die Nibelungen I: Siegfried (1924)
  15. Wrapping Up
  16. FURTHER READING
  17. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  18. INDEX