Andrew B.R. Elliott is a senior lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, where he teaches courses in film and television studies. His research focuses on the representation of history on film, popular cinema, and the notions of authenticity and truth. He has published on a range of topics from Vikings and violence to television detectives, 203
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and his recent book Remaking the Middle Ages (McFarland, 2011) analyzes the semiotic reconstruction of the medieval period.
Kevin M. Flanagan is a Ph.D. student in the Critical & Cultural Studies Program in the Department of English at the University of Pittsburgh, where he researches postwar British cinema, ideology, “Birmingham School” cultural studies, and screen comedy. He is the editor of Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England’s Last Mannerist (Scarecrow Press, 2009). An active critic, his film reviews have been published in Film & History, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies, and Studies in Australasian Cinema; his book reviews can be found in Journal of British Cinema and Television, Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, and Scope.
Daniel O’Brien is a freelance writer and occasional teacher specializing in film and television. Since the late 1980s he has contributed to encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works, and written books on such subjects as Clint Eastwood, Frank Sinatra, British science fiction, Hong Kong horror movies, the Hannibal Lecter books and films, Paul Newman, and Daniel Craig. He is completing work toward a Ph.D.
Chris Pallant is a lecturer in the School of Creative Studies and Media at Bangor University in the United Kingdom. His research interests include animation, filmmaking technology, screenwriting, and urban studies. His book Demystifying Disney: A History of Disney Feature Animation (Continuum, 2011) was written to uproot common misconceptions and bring fresh scholarly definition to a busy field. As a Fulbright Commission winner, he spent the summer of 2010 at New York University and is preparing to co-edit a collection that will develop many of the topics discussed there.
Jerry B. Pierce is an assistant professor of ancient and medieval history at Penn State Hazleton. His current work focuses on representations of masculinity and sexuality in films set in the classical period. His forthcoming book Poverty, Heresy and the Apocalypse: The Order of Apostles and Social Change in Medieval Italy 1260 –1307 examines the heretical movement of Fra Dolcino as part of a broader social and political rebellion in northern Italy.
Robert C. Pirro’s research has focused on politics and tragedy, Hannah Arendt, and the burden of the German past in the works of émigré German directors in Hollywood. He published The Politics of Tragedy and Democratic Citizenship (Continuum) in 2011. He teaches feminist political thought, aesthetic politics, and film and politics in the Department of Political Science at Georgia Southern University in Statesboro and is writing a book on Primo Levi, Lina Wertmüller, and Niccolò Machiavelli.
Larry T. Shillock is an associate professor of English and an assistant academic dean at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. His research interests include critical theory, the history of affect, the modern novel, and classical Hollywood cinema. He writes frequently for The Bloomsbury Review. His schol-
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arship has appeared in Social Epistemology, Philological Papers, and The Boy Detectives: Essays on the Hardy Boys and Others (Michael G. Cornelius, ed., McFarland, 2010).
David Simmons has published on a range of issues related to twentieth century popular culture, including a monograph, The Anti-Hero in the American Novel (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008), and an edited collection on the television series Heroes (McFarland, 2011). In the field of television studies he has written chapters on a number of cult television shows, including South Park, Supernatural, and Xena: Warrior Princess. David is currently editing an upcoming collection on British and American contemporary fiction.
Kristi M. Wilson is an assistant professor at Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California, where she directs the Writing Program and teaches rhetoric and humanities. She founded the Stanford Film Lab and taught at Stanford University for nine years before coming to Soka. Co-editor of Italian Neorealism and Global Cinema (Wayne State University Press, 2007), she is the author of numerous articles in such journals as Screen, Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature, Signs, and Literature/Film Quarterly. Her anthology Film and Genocide is forthcoming.
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Index
Accatone 21, 36, 38
Barbie 155, 164, 165
Achilles 6, 11, 41, 45 –48, 49, 51, 52, 55, 75,
Batiatus 70, 148, 151, 152
77, 78, 81, 83, 107–112, 116 –122, 127, 128,
La battaglia di Maratona 62–64, 69, 122
130, 132, 135, 137, 139, 140, 142; see also
The Battle of Britain 114
Achilles the Heel
The Battle of the Bulge 113
Achilles the Heel 192
Battlestar Galactica 144
Adam see Prince Adam
Beast Man 158
Aegisthus 141
The Beastmaster 3, 5, 89
Aeneas 55
Beauty and the Beast 178, 180
Aeschylus 187
Belit 168
Agamemnon 46, 52–55, 77, 107, 108, 111, 112,
Ben-Hur (1959) 64, 176, 191
114, 117–120, 125, 127–128, 132, 133, 135 –
Ben Hur (2003) 176
141
Beowulf (2007) 72
Air Force One 117
Beowulf and Grendel 72
Ajax 6, 47
Besser, Joe 189
Aladdin 183
Blanshard, Alastair 187, 196, 197
Alcesti di Samuele 22
Bluth, Don 178, 185
Alcestis 22, 23
Boagrius 46, 47, 107–109
Alcinous 126
Bolin, Anne 196
Alexander 5, 175
Bolognini, Mauro 21
Alexandros 132, 133; see also Paris
Bolter, Jay David 147
Alpers, Hans Joachim 96
Bondanella, Peter 4, 5, 6, 14, 159
Althusser, Louis 62
Boorman, John 2
Altman, Rick 93
Das Boot 114, 115, 117, 120
Anastasia 178
Boyd, Stephen 64, 65
Anderson, Sam 154, 156, 168, 169
Braedley, Susan 94
Andromache 48, 130
Briseis 45, 46, 54, 55, 77, 112, 118, 119, 120,
Andromeda 63, 70
127, 128, 134, 139, 140
Antoninus 44, 82
Brittain-Powell, Chris 170
Aphrodite 133, 139
Britton, Andrew 97
Apocalypse Now 115
Brooker, Charlie 145, 146
Apollo 77, 127
Brooks, Peter 129
Apsyrtus 31, 32, 33, 36
Brother Bear 184
Artemis 137
Bucheim, Lothar-Günther 114
Athena 81, 118, 126, 127, 130, 133
Burke, Samson 189, 194
Atlantis: The Lost Empire 184
Burke, Samuel see Burke, Samson
Atlas, Charles 197
Burroughs, Edgar Rice 92, 147
Atlas in the Land of the Cyclops 193
Bush, George W. 113
Atreus 133, 136
Butler, David 96
Atwood, Margaret 81, 157
Butler, Judith 160, 161, 165, 166, 169
Aurelius 69
Cabiria 4, 15, 59, 71, 78, 80, 91, 110, 180
Calchas 127, 137
Bacchae 38
Caldwell, John 149
Bakhtin, Mikhail 125, 134
Call of Duty 151
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Callas, Maria 29, 30
Deiphobus 139
Calli
maco 63
Deja, Andreas 181, 182
Calypso 126
Deleuze, Gilles 106
Campbell, Joseph 148
Della Casa, Stefano 25
Canfora, Luciano 16, 17
Demetrius 64
Carter, Lin 96
Demetrius and the Gladiators 64 –65
Cascarelli, Don 3
Demodocus 126
Cassandra 132, 137–139
DeRita, “Curly” Joe 189, 192, 195, 199
Castor 126
Diane Quigley 189, 198, 200
Centurion 58
Dietrich, Marlene 106
Chapman, David 6, 7, 8, 9
Di Stefano, John 36
Charis 63
Dixon, Wheeler Winston 41, 42, 50
Chiron 31
Doctore 70
The Choice of Herakles 188
Douglas, Kirk 64, 104
Chopper 67
Draba 68
Christian Democrats (Italy) 20, 21, 30
Dumbo 179
The Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from
Dyer, Richard 17, 183, 191, 194, 198
Butcher Bay 151
Chryse(s) 77, 127
Ebert, Roger 147
Chryseis 77, 127, 128, 134, 139, 140
Egan, Richard 64, 65
Cinderella 180
Eisenstein, Sergei 180
Cinecittà 28, 61
Ellwood, David 23
Circe 126
The Emperor’s New Groove 184
Clarens, Carlos 97
Engels, Frederick 31
Clash of the Titans (1981) 5, 8, 14, 80, 175
Eric 180
Clash of the Titans (2010) 70, 71, 80, 101, 175
Eudorus 46
Clements, Ron 180, 181
Euripides 29, 32, 33, 37, 38
Cline, William C. 92, 93
European Recovery Program (ERP) 23, 24;
Clover, Joshua 151
see also Marshall Plan
Clum, John M. 43, 44
Excalibur 2
Clytemnestra 126, 132, 133, 138, 140, 141
Cohen, Steve 197
Falco 52
Columbia Pictures 189
The Fall of the Roman Empire 63, 64, 66, 69,
Combs, Richard 97
110
Commodus 8, 16, 43, 44, 50 –52, 53, 54, 63,
The Fall of Troy 91
113
Fantasia 2000 184
Conan 7, 75, 76, 78 –80, 82, 84, 85, 88 –90,
Farrigno, Lou 5
95 –102, 158, 167, 168, 171
Fazira 93
Conan (videogame, 2007) 148
Fight Night 149
Conan the Barbarian 3, 5, 10, 68, 76, 79, 85,
Filmation Studios 12, 154
88, 89, 92, 95 –102, 158, 159
Fine, Larry 189, 192
Conan the Destroyer 79, 85, 89
Fire & Ice 96
Connell, R.J. 197
First Blood 88, 115; see also Rambo
Cozzi, Luigi 5
First Wave of Peplum Films 4, 14, 122
Crassus 16, 44, 79, 82, 105, 106
Flash Gordon (1936) 92
Creon 17, 32, 94
Flesh and Blood 95
Cresswell, Tim 127
Forest, Mark 22
Crixus 68, 70, 149
Fourth Wave of Peplum Films 5, 14
Croesus 84
Fradley, Martin 45, 51
Crowe, Russell 67
Francisci, Pietro 4, 22, 28
Cyclops 189, 192, 193
Freud, Sigmund 119
Cyrino, Monica S. 43, 50
Gaius 51, 52
Dalle Vacche, Angela 111
Gaius Claudius Glaber 8
D’Annunzio, Gabrielle 91
Galinsky, G. Karl 187
Dardanius 64, 65
Garron, Barry 144
The Dark Crystal 96
Gaston 180, 182
Deathstalker 89
gay clone 12, 156, 162–163, 165, 167, 169 –173
De Camp, L. Sprague 96
Gears of War 147, 151
The Deer Hunter 115
Gentile, Giuseppe 29
De Groot, Jerome 146
GI Joe 155, 158
Index
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The Giant of Marathon 20
Hercules Against the Moon Men 60
Ginsborg, Paul 20
Hercules Against the Tyrants of Babylon ( Er-
Girard, Rene 137
cole contro i tiranni di Babilonia) 17, 18,
Gladiator 5, 8, 41, 42–46, 50, 54, 55, 58, 66 –
21
68, 71, 109, 113, 115, 159, 168, 175
Hercules and the Captive Women 21
Glauce 32, 33
Hercules in the Haunted World ( Ercole al cen-
Glut, Donald F. 157
tro della terra) 18, 19, 20
God of War 148
Hercules: The Animated Series 176, 177, 182–
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad 175
185
Goldman, Gary 178
Hercules Unchained ( Ercole e la regina di lidi) Goliath 6, 21, 60
4, 17, 19, 20, 94, 100, 188, 189, 193, 200
Goliath and the Dragon (La vendetta de Er-
Hermione 126
cole) 19, 20, 23
Herodotus 40, 84
Goliath and the Sins of Babylon 60
Heroes 144
Gorgo 49
Heston, Charlton 64
Gracchus 52
Hitchcock, Alfred 105
Gramsci, Antonio 35
Hitler, Adolf 114, 115
Green, Adam Isaiah 166, 170, 172
Hoesterey, Ingeborg 191
Griffin, Sean 181, 182
Home on the Range 184
Griffith, D.W. 91
Homer 11, 72, 75, 79, 81, 83, 113, 116, 117, 125,
Grusin, Richard 147
127–134, 138, 139, 141–142
Guazzoni, Enrico 4
Howard, Jerry “Curly” 189
Günsberg, Maggie 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 198
Howard, Moe 189, 190, 195, 199, 200
Howard, Robert E. 88, 96, 147, 151, 158, 159,
Haase, Christine 113, 121
171
Hades 8, 178, 179, 183
Howard, Samuel “Shemp” 189
Hagen 68, 69
Hughes, Bettany 127
Haggard, H. Rider 92
The Hunchback of Notre Dame 178, 180
Half Life 151
Hundra 89, 100
Hall, Karen J. 156, 172
Hutcheon, Linda 191
Halo 147
Hannah, John 151
Icarus 183
Hargitay, Mickey 22
Iliad 11, 46, 76, 77, 107, 109, 111–113, 116, 118, Hark, Ina Rae 50, 64, 67, 68, 104, 105, 106,
121, 124 –131, 133, 134, 136 –140
109
In the Line of Fire 117
Harries, Dan 192, 194
Ingraham, Chrys 41
Harrison, John Kent 132, 133, 134, 135, 138,
Intolerance 91
140, 141
Invasion U.S.A. 89
Harryhausen, Ray 175, 176
Iphigenia 132, 137, 140, 141
Have Rocket, Will Travel 189
Iris 129, 130, 140
Hayek, F.A. 95
Italian Communist Party (PCI) 21
He-Man 154 –156, 158, 160, 163 –166, 168 –173
Ixion 146
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe 5, 12,
154, 167, 176
Jafar 182, 183
Healy, Jane 181
James Bond film series 183
Heaven Can Wait 96
Jameson, Frederic 124
Heavy Rain 150
Jason 29, 31, 46, 78
Hector 9, 41, 45, 47, 48, 52, 55, 77, 78, 81, 83,
Jason and the Argonauts 175
112, 116, 117, 118, 130, 139, 140
Jocasta 29
Hecuba 130, 132, 139
John Rambo 88
Helen of Troy 11, 47, 52, 112, 124 –142
John Smith 180
Helen of Troy (1956) 131
Johnson, Paul 72
Helen of Troy (2003) 11, 131–142
Joseph: King of Dreams 176
Hephaestus 137
Juba 45, 68
Hera 127, 130, 133
Hercules 6, 8, 15 –26, 28, 29, 37, 46, 60, 78,
Kasson, John F. 197
82, 178, 187–191, 193 –201
Kellner, Douglas 87, 88, 89, 92, 94, 97, 101
Hercules (1983) 5
Kern, Ronni 132, 138, 141
Hercules (Disney, 1997) 12, 177–182, 184 –185
King, Geoff 147, 148, 149
Hercules ( Le fatiche di Ercole, 1958) 4, 15, 16, Kingdom of Heaven 67, 71, 75
28, 60, 93, 188, 190, 192–196, 198, 200
Kniebe, Tobias 113, 116
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Index
Knives of the Avenger 93
Maté, Rudolph 64
Koestenbaum, Wayne 30
Mathjis, Ernest 145, 150
Kraken 8, 71
The Matrix 151
Krom 98
Mattel Toys 154, 156
Krzywinska, Tanya 147, 148, 149
Mature, Victor 64
Kubrick, Stanley 68, 70
Maximus 8, 9, 41, 42–46, 48 –51, 54, 55, 66 –
68, 109, 168
The Labors of Hercules see Hercules ( Le McArthur, Colin 93
fatiche di Ercole, 1958)
McDowell, Deborah E. 8, 13
Laertes 131
Medea 29 –38
Lagny, Michèle 110, 122
Medea 9, 29 –38
The Last Days of Pompeii (Gli ultimi de Pom-
Medium Cool 87
pei) 4, 91, 110
Meg 180
The Last Legion 68, 69, 71
Megara see Meg
The Last of the Mohicans 2
Mendik, Xavier 145, 150
Lattimore, Richmond 128
Menelaus 47, 112, 124 –129, 131–133, 135 –139,
Lawless, Lucy 151
141
Laxton, Meg 94
Mer-Man 158
Leda 126
Milius, John 3, 88, 96, 97, 98, 100
Lee, Christina 66
Miller, Toby 28
Leonidas 9, 40, 41, 48 –49, 51–53, 55, 64, 65,
Ming the Merciless 93
76, 78, 79, 82, 84, 85
Mishima, Yukio 166, 172
Leprochon, Pierre 122
Mr. Benson 161, 165, 167
Levine, Martin 162, 165, 167, 170, 173