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Modern Decadence

By moviejourneys On December 12, 2015 · Add Comment · In Fall of the Western Empire, Uncategorized
Pursuing the theme of the decadence of Rome into the Movie Century, the films of Federico Fellini from the years 1960 to 1972 point to past and present simultaneously.  Fellini, among the greatest filmmakers to survive the Second World War in Italy, adopted the conventions of neorealism but soon moved to his own style of [...]
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Movies about Modern Nairobi

By moviejourneys On September 28, 2015 · Add Comment · In Africa, Nairobi
Kenya wrested independence from the British in 1963.  On the government square in Nairobi, there is a statue of Jomo Kenyatta, hero of the revolution that made him president of the country in 1964.  There is only one Hollywood movie that makes a powerful statement on this topic and, remarkably, it stars Rock Hudson. Something [...]
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Movies about the Internal Collapse of Rome in the West

On September 16, 2015 By moviejourneys
The Fall of the Roman Empire  (1964) It’s a mystery to me why the filmmakers claimed to have based this work on Edward Gibbon’s landmark The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-89). This six-volume classic by an 18th century historian marks the onset of Rome’s decline from the death of [...]
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Movies: Barbarians at the Walls of Rome

On September 16, 2015 By moviejourneys
Boudica Warrior Queen  (2003) This film is notable for its reverse perspective. It is the story of a Celtic queen who leads her people in opposition to oppression by the Roman Empire. She is today a British national hero, but this would not have been so likely a century earlier while the British Empire still [...]
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Movies about Jesus and the Romans

On September 6, 2015 By moviejourneys
Movies about Jesus and the Romans One Hollywood movie sets the scene for the coming ministry of Jesus in the land of Galilee. It is the story of John the Baptist and his fatal encounter with Salome. Based loosely on New Testament gospels, this is a first look at encounters between Christians and Romans in [...]
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Movies about Encounters with Christ

On September 6, 2015 By moviejourneys
There is a sub-genre of movies set in the first century of the Roman Empire about chance encounters with Jesus Christ. Generally, they resulted in profound life changes for those that met the Messiah unexpectedly. Jesus is most often seen from the back or not at all; perhaps a shadow or a gentle hand. It [...]
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Movies about the First Five Emperors of Rome

On August 27, 2015 By moviejourneys
Many of the best film portraits of the emperors of Rome are found in films not devoted to the emperor himself. There are only four movies on my list that take one of the early emperors as their primary subject, one of which is a TV miniseries. It is easy to get the impression that [...]
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Movies about Gladiators and Their Arenas

On August 27, 2015 By moviejourneys
For in truth such an amphitheater is perfectly suited for impressing the populace with itself, for entertaining the populace with itself. Goethe: Italian Journey Verona, September 16, 1786   From the Caravan Journals: Rome 1994. Sitting on stone steps that are part of what little remains of the monumental Circus Maximus, I am pondering the [...]
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Movies about Early Rome

On August 16, 2015 By moviejourneys
There are two myths on the origins of Rome and they are in conflict. Attempts have been made to reconcile the differences, but the results have been awkward. An early legend has it that Rome was founded in 753 BCE by Romulus, who became its first king. He was already a legend by virtue of [...]
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Movies about Spartacus

On August 16, 2015 By moviejourneys
As I near the end of this long project of looking at the history of the world through the Hollywood lens, I have arrived at a film that feels most important to my purpose. It is Spartacus (1960). Not everyone loved this historical epic when it first appeared. There were those who pointed out the [...]
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