11-21-2007, 06:25 PM
I read Marcus Junkelmann's book "Hollywoods Traum von Rom" (Hollywoods Dream about Rome) in which he points out the various mistakes in those epic films, sometimes in a very humerous way, I still like those films.
Gladiator will still be one of my all-time favorites, although I regret that they don't show authentic gladiator gear, there would have been much more to see of Russel Crowe just wearing a subligaculum
Actually this was the film which revived my interest in Ancient Rome and since then I read tons about Rome until in the end I ended up with gladiator reenactment.
The Fall of the Roman Empire is also one of my favorite and of course Quo Vadis with Peter Ustinov as Nero. Unfortunately the latter one is not available on DVD yet :-( (
Gladiator will still be one of my all-time favorites, although I regret that they don't show authentic gladiator gear, there would have been much more to see of Russel Crowe just wearing a subligaculum
Actually this was the film which revived my interest in Ancient Rome and since then I read tons about Rome until in the end I ended up with gladiator reenactment.The Fall of the Roman Empire is also one of my favorite and of course Quo Vadis with Peter Ustinov as Nero. Unfortunately the latter one is not available on DVD yet :-( (
