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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2018 18:17:59 GMT
Films set in the times of the Romans. Need not be set in Rome itself. Think togas, forums, chariots, masses of soldiers with spears and shields. As always essays and images encouraged. For those who cannot post images … just make a request and someone will try to find one.
A memorable introduction to both the Bard and Brando ! Julius Caesar (1953)The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but they have both sorely underestimated Mark Antony. Writer: William Shakespeare (play)   
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Post by mattgarth on Sept 30, 2018 18:41:25 GMT
thanks for the recent disaster reminder, Bat ... when Brutus says:
"There is a TIDE in the affairs of men, which taken at the FLOOD, leads on to fortune."
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Post by politicidal on Sept 30, 2018 18:48:16 GMT
I'll start at the very end with the last great Roman epic, aptly named The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).
Enormous box office failure for reasons I cannot gather. Great cast and an extraordinary sense of scale;director Anthony Mann's historical dramas were always exceptional in their production design and storytelling. As much as I liked Gladiator (2000), Ridley Scott should apologize for lifting so much of the plot from this motion picture.
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 30, 2018 19:57:05 GMT
I hate to be picky but Julius Caesar is set during the Roman Republic, in extremis though it was.
Same with Spartacus.
Mel Gibson was planning a movie about the Maccabee Revolt against Greek rule (167 to 160 BC) but it was shelved.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2018 20:05:34 GMT
I hate to be picky but Julius Caesar is set during the Roman Republic, in extremis though it was. If you "hate to be" ... don't be....  Hopefully the gist of the thread is clear.
On a lighter note (in more ways than one     |
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Post by bravomailer on Sept 30, 2018 20:12:37 GMT
I confess. I like being picky.
Ben Hur
Caligula
Quo Vadis
Most Biblical film fit.
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Post by OldAussie on Sept 30, 2018 21:01:02 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 30, 2018 22:13:16 GMT
Nice collection so far … You know the way … if you remember more … ya'll come bck, ya hear ? another Cleopatra (1934)    |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 1, 2018 3:44:33 GMT
Romans in CINEMASCOPE +HS.jpg) |
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Post by manfromplanetx on Oct 1, 2018 5:26:33 GMT
Set in ancient Rome during the reign of Nero, Cecil B. DeMille's outrageous pre-code epic caused an outcry upon release.
The Sign of the Cross (1932) has stunning art direction and costume design by Mitchell Leisen , and has the remarkable famous milk bath scene, it has an erotic lesbian themed "Dance of the Naked Moon" however the excitement just gets better. Extraordinary gruesome entertainments and bitter gladiatorial combat duels are performed before an enthusiastic audience packed into the main arena. Thumbs down from Nero...    |
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 1, 2018 5:30:35 GMT
Forgot!
The Robe (thankyou)
Demetrius and the Gladiators
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Post by hitchcockthelegend on Oct 1, 2018 5:58:03 GMT
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 1, 2018 6:21:50 GMT
Saw this at the cinema back then and have barely heard of it since. I recall Robards being out of sorts as Brutus although I'd have thought he'd be good in the role. |
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 1, 2018 15:21:48 GMT
"Gladiator"
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Post by teleadm on Oct 1, 2018 17:28:10 GMT
 For those who don't know Spartacus had a son, at least in this very unofficial sequel to the 1960 ckassic, The Son of Spartacus ( Il figlio di Spartacus) 1962  Caesar and Cleopatra 1945, Claude Rains and Vivien Leigh, based on George Bernard Shaw.  Another Italian epic, from 1960. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 2, 2018 4:10:33 GMT
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 2, 2018 14:42:46 GMT
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Post by london777 on Oct 4, 2018 2:05:53 GMT
Was Laughton watching the rushes?
She is sexy but that monkey must be gay. No erection? |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Oct 4, 2018 3:20:51 GMT
He attributed his success in Biblical spectacles to his ability to "make with the holy look." |
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