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2013-01-30 |
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This dynamic collection of original essays by leading international film scholars
and classicists addresses the provocative representation of sexuality in the ancient
world on screen. Throughout the history of cinema, filmmakers have returned to the
history, mythology, and literature of Greek and Roman antiquity as the ideal site
for narratives of erotic adventure and displays of sexual excess. A critical reader
on the creative approaches used to screen sexuality in classical settings, contributors
utilize case studies from films such as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Angels & Insects (1995),
and Alexander (2004) as well as the television series Rome (2005-07) and Spartacus:
Blood and Sand (2010). Featuring contributors such as Antony Augoustakis, Alison Futrell,
Paula James, and Corinne Pache, the essays in this collection apply a variety of theoretical
perspectives to the role of love and sexuality in screening the ancient world. My
chapter looks at the resonances of the myth of Pandora and Prometheus in a 1955 Aldrich
film Kiss Me Deadly and suggests that the cinematic narrative helps us to re-think
the blurred identities of baneful women and heroic men keeping the dialogue fresh
between past and present. |
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James, P. (2013). Kiss Me Deadly (1955): Pandora and Prometheus in Robert Aldrich's
cinematic subversion of Spillane. In: Cyrino, Monica S. ed. Screening Love and
Sex in the Ancient World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25–38.
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James, P. (2013). Kiss Me Deadly (1955): Pandora and Prometheus in Robert Aldrich's
cinematic subversion of Spillane. In: Cyrino, Monica S. ed. Screening Love and
Sex in the Ancient World. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 25–38. |
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<i>Kiss Me Deadly</i> (1955): Pandora and Prometheus in Robert Aldrich's cinematic
subversion of Spillane |
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