complete the assigned readings for 1.A.J. Pomeroy, “The Vision of a Fascist Rome in Gladiator,” in M. Winkler (ed.), Gladiator: Film and History (2005), pp. 111-123/2.
M. Winkler, “Star Wars and the Roman Empire,” in M. Winkler (ed.), Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema (2001), pp. 272-290./3.Paul Craig Roberts, “Is Bush a Sith
Lord?” from website AntiWar.com (May 24, 2005) , particularly the article by A.J. Pomeroy, “The Vision
of a Fascist Rome in Gladiator.”
Then discuss how the movie Gladiator (2000) presents and uses Fascist (and/or Nazi) imagery and overtones.
You must provide citations to both the movie and the ancient sources for each of your 4 examples:
For the movie, just give a “timestamp” – found at the bottom left of your SWANK movie playback screen, it will
tell you how many hours: minutes (and seconds too) into the movie the scene you are referring to is. So for example,
a scene that begins 1 hour and 34 minutes into the movie would be cited:
(Gladiator 2000 1:34)
For the article:
(Pomeroy, Vision of a Fascist Rome in Gladiator, p. 112).