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Responses to Oliver Stone’s Alexander Publication of this volume has been made possible, in part, through the generous support and enduring vision of warren g. moon. Responses to Oliver Stone’s Alexander Film, History, and Cultural Studies Edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland t h e u n i v e r s i t y o f w i s c o n s i n p r e s s The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711-2059 uwpress.wisc.edu 3 Henrietta Street London WCE 8LU, England eurospanbookstore.com Copyright © 2010 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted,inanyformatorbyany means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,orconveyedviatheInternetoraWebsitewithoutwritten permissionoftheUniversityofWisconsinPress,exceptinthecaseof brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Responses to Oliver Stone’s Alexander : film, history, and cultural studies / edited by Paul Cartledge and Fiona Rose Greenland. p. cm.— (Wisconsin studies in classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-299-23284-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978-0-299-23283-2 (e-book) 1. Alexander (Motion picture). 2. Alexander, the Great, 356–323 B.C.— In motion pictures. 3. Historical films—History and criticism. 4. Stone, Oliver—Criticism and interpretation. I. Cartledge, Paul. II. Rose, Fiona, 1975– III. Series: Wisconsin studies in classics. PN1997.2.A425R47 2010 791.43’72—dc22 2009010258 Contents Acknowledgments vii Introduction 3 paul cartledge andfiona rose greenland Part 1. Stone’s Alexander Oliver Stone’s Alexanderand the Cinematic Epic Tradition 15 joanna paul The Popular Reception of Alexander 36 jon solomon Part 2. Precursors ofAlexander Alexander on Stage: ACritical Appraisal of Rattigan’s Adventure Story 55 robin lane fox The Appearance of History: Robert Rossen’s Alexander the Great 92 kim shahabudin Part 3. Alexander’s Intimates: Sexuality and Gender Alexanderand Ancient Greek Sexuality: Some Theoretical Considerations 119 marilyn b. skinner v vi Contents Olympias and Oliver: Sex, Sexual Stereotyping, and Women in Oliver Stone’s Alexander 135 elizabeth d. carney Fortune Favors the Blond: Colin Farrell in Alexander 168 monica silveira cyrino The Cult of Hephaestion 183 jeanne reames Part 4. Alexander’s Dream: Macedonians and Foreigners Oliver Stone, Alexander,and the Unity of Mankind 219 thomas harrison “Help me, Aphrodite!” Depicting the Royal Women of Persia in Alexander 243 lloyd llewellyn-jones Part 5. Ways of Viewing Alexander Viewing the Past: Cinematic Exegesis in the Caverns of Macedon 285 verity platt Blockbuster! Museum Responses to Alexander the Great 305 john f. cherry Afterword 337 oliver stone Contributors 353 Index 357 Acknowledgments We are most grateful to the contributors to this book, whose patience, hardwork,creativeefforts,andprovocativequestionswereessentialto its successful completion. Warm thanks go, also, to Professor Patricia Rosenmeyer(UniversityofWisconsin–Madison)andtoRaphaelKadu- shinoftheUniversityofWisconsinPressfortheirinsightsandgenerous support. Finally, we thank Oliver Stone and his historical consultant, Robin Lane Fox, for making this project possible. vii Responses to Oliver Stone’s Alexander
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