Hi all
This seminar has now been cancelled because of illness. We hope to reschedule it some time in the future.
regards
geoff
Geoff King
Professor of Film Studies
School of Arts
Brunel University
gkindiefilm.com, a website dedicated to the study of American indie film
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From: Geoff King
Sent: 26 February 2013 09:54
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Subject: Brunel research seminar March 6
Hi all
Details below of the next research seminar organized by the Screen Media Research Centre at Brunel University
Mark Jancovich, University of East Anglia
“There’s Nothing So Wrong with a Hollywood Script that a Bunch of Giant CGI Scorpions Can’t Solve”: Politics, Computer Generated Images and Camp in the Critical Reception of the Post-Gladiator Historical Epics
In 2001, Ridley Scott’s Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Picture. However, on its original release, it was not the critical success that one might assume. On the contrary, many of the most respected mainstream publications gave the film poor, if not bad, reviews, demonstrating the ways in which critical judgements can change overtime. The paper is a study of reception of the cycle of films that followed Gladiator, films that were understood as resurrecting the epics of the postwar cinema and included examples such as The Ten Commandments (1956), Ben-Hur (1959) and Spartacus (1960). Furthermore, the paper explores one of the main complaints about these films – their association with computer generated imagery (CGI) - and the ways in which complaints about CGI developed and changed between the release of Gladiator and Clash of Titans.
Wednesday 6 March, 4pm, GB251, Gaskell Building, Uxbridge campus
For more details, please contact:
Geoff King
Director, Screen Media Research Centre
School of Arts
Brunel University
[log in to unmask]
Geoff King
gkindiefilm.com, a website dedicated to the study of American indie film
Geoff King
Professor of Film Studies
School of Arts
Brunel University
gkindiefilm.com, a website dedicated to the study of American indie film
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