CINE 350 - Hollywood Does Rome

(3 units)

Prerequisites: CLSC 100 or CLSC 101 or CLSC 202 or consent of instructor.
Investigation of the filmmaker’s motives and the methods they have used to portray the ancient Romans from the beginnings of cinema to the present. Topics include “imaging’ the past, the ‘power’ of the image, community and society, cultural imperialism, film theory, the ‘language’ of myth, and reception theory.

Both grading options.