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Return to Troy : new essays on the Hollywood epic /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Troy revisited / Martin M Winkler -- Wolfgang Petersen on Homer's Troy / Martin M Winkler -- Live from Troy: Embedded in the Trojan War / Daniel Petersen -- Photographs: Behind the Scenes of Troy. …”
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When heimat meets Hollywood : German filmmakers and America, 1985-2005 / by Haase, Christine, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1: German and American Film Relations in the Twentieth Century -- 2: Wolfgang Petersen: Blockbuster Auteur? -- 3: “Foil, Toothpaste, ID4': Ideology and Global Appeal in the Films of Roland Emmerich -- 4: Crossing Boundaries, Connecting People: The German-American Films of Percy Adlon -- 5: “Bambi, Zombie, Gandhi': The Cinema of Tom Tykwer -- CONCLUSION -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX…”
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Reading Homer : film and text /

Table of Contents: “…Burgess -- Redefining Homeric heroism in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy / Charles C. Chiasson -- The Odyssey and Frank Capra's It's a wonderful life / Bruce Louden -- Reading The gunfighter as Homeric epic / Kostas Myrsiades.…”

Of muscles and men : essays on the sword and sandal film /

Table of Contents: “…Flanagan -- Homer's lies, Brad Pitt's thighs: revisiting the pre-Oedipal mother and the German wartime father in Wolfgang Petersen's Troy / Robert C. Pirro -- An enduring logic: Homer, Helen of Troy, and narrative mobility / Larry T. …”
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When heimat meets Hollywood : German filmmakers and America, 1985-2005 / by Haase, Christine, 1963-

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Ancient worlds in film and television : gender and politics /

Table of Contents: “…Mythological AncientsOver His Dead Body: Male Friendship in Homer's Iliad and Wolfgang Petersen's Troy (2004); Models of Masculinities in Troy: Achiles, Hector and Their Female Partners; "Include me out" -- Odysseus on the Margins of European Genre Cinema: Le Mépris, Ulisse, L'Odissea ; Between Mythical and Rational Worlds: Medea by Pier Paolo Pasolini ; "Universal's Religious Bigotry against Hinduism": Gender Norms and Hindu Authority in the Global Media Debate on Representing the Hindu God Krishna in Xena: Warrior Princess ; Mythological and Historical Thematics.…”
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