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	Epic Films
		Epics, costume dramas, historical dramas, war film epics, medieval romps, or 'period pictures' are tales that often cover a large expanse of time set against a vast, panoramic backdrop.
		Biopic (biographical) films are often less lavish versions of the epic film.
		Epics are often called costume dramas, since they emphasize the trappings of a period setting: historical pageantry, costuming and wardrobes, locale, spectacle, decor and a sweeping visual style.
	www.filmsite.org /epicsfilms.html (2914 words)

	Epic film Information
		Although "epic" films continue to be produced to this day, they are typically not done on so grand a scale as films from this period.
		Many mistakenly refer to any film that is "long" (over two hours) as an epic, and as such a definition of an epic film (especially among today's films) is a matter of dispute among many.
		Epic films were recognized in a montage at the 2006 Academy Awards.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Epic_film (660 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News
		Although "epic" films continue to be produced to this day, they are typically not made on so grand a scale as films from this period, and usually utilise computer effects shots instead of a genuine cast of thousands.
		Some epic films (espically from the 1950's-1970's) were shot with a wide aspect ratio, for a more immersive and panoramic theatrical experience.
		Many refer to any film that is "long" (over two hours) as an epic, and as such a definition of an epic film (especially among today's films) is a matter of dispute among many.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=epic_film (548 words)

	The Epic Images of Kurosawa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The compositions in his earlier films were crying out for the additional freedom of the wider screen and one can sense the director's personal joy in experimenting with the new format.
		The majesty of epic movement is gracefully expressed as the horses are followed down the steps by foot soldiers, their jingling armor another element in the exciting musical composition.
		Her beheading by a single stroke of General Kurogane's blade is the perfectly chosen violent depiction of her demise, an explosion of blood covering the backdrop of the scene.
	www.filmsondisc.com /features/kurosawa/epicimagesofkurosawa.htm (3773 words)

	Matt Page looks at the Return of the Epic
		But now the epic is back, and suddenly film stars and famous directors are queuing up to sign on to the film world’s equivalent of a school history trip.
		The grand spectacle that these films provided, the supposedly more Christianised society into which they were released, their sense of fun, the appeal and familiarity of their stories and their big named actors all added to the appeal.
		Four of the five epics may have contained a romantic angle, but in none of them has it been so central to the plot, or the visuals as in the earlier films.
	lookingcloser.org /features/returnoftheepic.htm (1728 words)

	The Film Journal...Passionate and informed film criticism from an auteurist perspective.
		If a film is hugely successful it is unlikely to be so just because of the expensive special effects, but rather because it taps into shared desires and issues, both political and personal, and attempts to resolve them for us (more often than not in such a way that would be impossible in real life).
		Whilst the historical epic was not fully reignited until the release of Gladiator in 2000 it is worth skimming over the various films inhabiting the genre in the decade prior to this to examine which conflicts they choose to depict and what their overriding thematic elements are.
		With this group of films in particular we have found an ambiguous representation of morality than had been previously seen in the genre; perhaps this is a reaction to the stifling of dialogue with regard to such issues in East versus West political debate in recent times.
	www.thefilmjournal.com /issue13/epics.html (8322 words)

	Barney's epic film series shows Doc viewers the nature of true art cinema (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Filmed over a span of eight years, with the final installment completed in 2002, the films are based around the development of the male cremaster muscle, which controls testicular contractions in response to external stimuli.
		Although the films are loosely based around the cremaster’s development, with each successive film documenting the further differentiation of the sex organs, this is not evident upon first viewing of the series.
		Since the conclusion of filming, the Cycle has appeared at numerous film festivals, including a much-hyped engagement at the Guggenheim Museum in New York earlier this year, where the films were screened along with the exhibition of sculpture and photographs used in the series.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2003/11/14/barneys_epic_film_se.php (801 words)

	Gibson's 'Passion' To Debut Ash Wednesday Epic Film Will Open In The US On Feb. 25, 2004
		The film has drawn complaints from some Jewish leaders, who say it suggests Jews were responsible for Christ's death.
		The dialogue is in Latin, Hebrew and Aramaic with English subtitles.
		The film's Ash Wednesday debut places it in Lent, the 40-day religious period preceding Easter observed by Christians as a season of fasting and penitence.
	www.rense.com /general44/ash.htm (332 words)

	MAGAZINE \| CRAFT\| Director Perspectives: Randall Wallace on What Makes a film an Epic \| VOL 28-3: September 2003
		Epic scale is a measure of the scope of a character's inner journey.
		But what an epic Jeremiah Johnson is: a sailor leaves the sea to become a mountain man. He encounters love and loss, the extremes of fear and courage; he wants no responsibility and yet accepts it, with massive personal consequences; he comes to respect his enemies; he comes to know himself.
		Part of the majesty of making an epic movie is the way it forces you as a filmmaker to confront and justify your own core beliefs, precisely because the magical qualities that make a film epic are, almost by definition, inexpressible.
	www.dga.org /news/v28_3/craft_epic_films.php3 (1260 words)

	Ken Burns' Civil War:
		While the bulk of his epic tale represents a marvelous diversity of voices, viewpoints, and values, the beginning of the story represents a disappointing exception to the rule.
		Film is not equipped to do what a book does, which is to attain profound levels of meaning and texture.
		It is not difficult to see how Burns' film fills all of Tillyard's requirements: high quality, high seriousness, breadth of scope, effective control of a large body of material, and the choric "metaphysic of the age" to round it all out.
	www.regent.edu /acad/schcom/rojc/melton.html (3174 words)

	Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus
		Among Kubrick's early contributions were the firing of German actress Sabina Bethmann and the hiring of Jean Simmons in her place, and also removing much of the the dialogue in the early love scenes between Spartacus and Varinia, preferring to create the moments visually.
		The film was shot in Super Technirama 70, a format which ran 35mm film through the camera horizontally, creating a very large negative 8 perforations wide and also incorporated 150% anamorphic compression.
		The scenes of the final battle were filmed in Spain and took 12 weeks to rehearse and shoot, using 8,000 Spanish Army infantrymen.
	pages.prodigy.com /kubrick/kubsp.htm (454 words)

	Been Down So Long - The Epic Film!
		It is reported that during the film's first screening, no hubcaps were stolen anywhere in the city.
		the film was the brainchild of producer Robert Rosenthal and director Jeffrey Young, one of whom claimed at the time that this film had resided at the top of his list from the day he started in showbiz, some two to three years prior to filming.
		The film passes hands quietly on the web from time to time, and is listed on Blockbuster's site as stocked in at least one fo their thousands of stores.
	members.tripod.com /farinafiles1/BeenDownTheFilm.htm (411 words)

	The Epic Film
		All four films got the setting right: The end of the Civil War, the end of Texas’ wide-open settlement period, the end of the Indian Nations and the fall of Troy were all times of incredible disruption and tumult.
		The emotional climax of an Epic Film is severely undercut if the hero isn’t given one last opportunity to stop, reconsider and abandon his or her perceived destiny.
		Suber taught that a fundamental element of the Epic Film is the death of the hero.
	www.emotionaltoolbox.com /Newsletters/Newsletter_2.htm (1915 words)

	Epic Movie - Film Reviews - Film - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		The film's opening scene put us inside the Louvre with the Albino Monk and the corpse of the curator who holds the key to the code.
		The good, bad and indifferent films of the past year are all drawn in, while the word "epic" has been stretched to the consistency of old rope.
		But the film's most dismal moments come when it turns to those who are beyond lampooning because they've done the job so well for themselves.
	www.smh.com.au /news/film-reviews/epic-movie/2007/01/25/1169594403094.html (610 words)

	“The Illusion of Magnitude”: Adapting the Epic from Film to Television
		But in keeping with older epic traditions, film epics are usually heroic tales that merge different forms of the past, “mythic, biblical, folkloric, and quasi- or ‘properly’ historical” (5).
		Sobchack argues that the epic lost its “expansiveness” when it was transferred to television in the mini-series format, reduced to a small screen, lower budgets, and the temporal fragmentation caused by advertisements and the mini-series format itself.
		The new cycle of mythological epics in the cinema during the 1950s and ’60s had been brought about at least in part as a response to the popularity of television and the subsequent drop at the cinema box office, although increases in leisure time and activities were also factors.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/06/41/adapting-epic-film-tv.html (4354 words)

	Film Hebrides - famous film locations in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
		Film Hebrides is the first website dedicated to screen productions in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and one of the eleven fascinating VisitHebrides.com websites!
		Our work in co-operation with the Scottish Highlands and Islands Film Commission, has enabled the last number of years to be a good period for the Outer Hebrides on our television screens, with a number of high profile programmes filming in the area.
		Film and television companies continue to recognise the unique beauty of the Outer Hebrides and through their programmes and films show the rest of the world what a special place we live in.
	www.filmhebrides.com (422 words)

	Epic Summer Film Festival - Outdoor Adventure, Creation, Humanitarianism
		We are excited to invite you to participate in the 5th Annual Epic Summer Film Festival.
		The film festival is also a means of raising funds for the kids at Camp Hobé, a tremendous summer camp experience for kids dealing with the struggles of cancer.
		To submit a film or to ask questions please contact us at epic@epicsummer.org.
	www.epicsummer.org (182 words)

	what makes a great epic film? [Archive] - Movie, TV & DVD Forums
		This is just something that I like in an epic film, but I think it has to have a Good vs. Evil story.
		That's just something that I think is important in an epic film (even if the movie puts the spin on it where bad is good and good is bad).
		To me, an epic film has to have the right scope of emotion.
	www.movieweb.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-11933.html (559 words)

	Pope didn't endorse epic film, aide says - The Boston Globe
		The papal secretary rarely speaks to the press; his remarks were an apparent indication of concern over alleged papal endorsement of a film that has stirred controversy for months before it has been viewed by the general public.
		The film, on the last hours of Jesus' life, is scheduled to open Feb. 25 -- Ash Wednesday on the Roman Catholic calendar.
		After a series of screenings in Rome, several top Vatican officials praised the film and rejected complaints by some Jewish leaders who say the film suggests the Jews were responsible for the crucifixion.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2004/01/21/pope_didnt_endorse_epic_film_aide_says?mode=PF (452 words)

	Rebirth of the epic film
		While some may argue that nearly every "big" film released nowadays has not only a big-name star attached but also a flimsy story line held up on a thin platform of computer wizardry, Hollywood is changing its tune if only to stay with a newfound sense of what is chic or "cool."
		Starting with 1995's "Braveheart" and continuing with films like "Gladiator," the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy and next year's "Gangs of New York," Hollywood seems to have gotten the epic bug.
		Epics were often known to have long-winded or even overlong stories something that epic-lovers like me do not mind.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V144/N43/01-rebir.43v.html (730 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Luhrmann's epic film 'postponed'
		Luhrmann has said the new film, which he plans to co-write with screenwriter Stuart Beattie, will be in the mould of classic romance Gone With The Wind.
		He told newspapers in Australia earlier this year the film would be set in the country during the 1930s and leading up to the Japanese bombing of Darwin.
		He added the $150m (£85.6m) film would be on the scale of the David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4878534.stm (294 words)

	Richard Dutcher's epic film: Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
		Dutcher's four years majoring film at BYU were as close to a waste of time as one could get, he said.
		Dutcher would like his film to be judged on its merits, not on a rating, which doesn't necessarily represent that morality of the film.
		The major film studios won't touch them, yet movies with a strong moral voice seem to be growing in number, influence and quality, with a few now attempting to make the cross over from being pegged simply as "Christian" or "evangelistic" films to reach a mainstream theater audience for family films.
	www.ldsfilm.com /Prophet/Prophet.html (7875 words)

	Student Travel Information & Discounts - Events: Epic Film Festival (Roman Theatre, Arles, France)
		The French love for the spectacular is reflected in their borrowed vocabulary: somehow, "peplum" never quite made it as a descriptive term in English, but it has remained a stock category for Gallic film-goers.
		The first great films of this genre were, of course, the early Hollywood biblical and Roman epics.
		Many of these were shot in Italy, and the Italian film business was soon making its own pot-boiling contributions to the peplum.
	www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=13355 (243 words)

	Epic film delivers on The Promise of stunning visuals, despite shaky CGI start (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		It tells the story of a deadly and tragic circle of love, honor, and revenge that ensnares a ferocious general, a heartless duke, a fast-footed slave, a deadly assassin, and a beautiful princess cursed to lose every man she would ever love.
		In a romantic epic like this, it would be remarkably easy to submit to good-guy/bad-guy stereotypes and conclude with an ending that’s satisfying but unambiguous.
		Especially since this is supposedly the most expensive film in Chinese history, The Promise’s bland CGI falls inexcusably short compared to Hero’s visuals and beautiful cinematography.
	maroon.uchicago.edu /voices/articles/2006/05/09/epic_film_delivers_o.php (996 words)

	The Olympus Stylus Epic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I havent found a lot of data on the Epic's flash, but I am estimating the camera chose an aperture of F8 based on the visible DOF and flash to subject distance.
		Using faster film will help...but even 400 speed film needs a fairly bright day for the lens to stop down and get to experience the very high quality the lens can provide from F 5.6 to F 11.
		Again, even using 400 speed film, the camera cant stop down beyond F 11 and since there is no easy way to use hyperfocal focusing with this camera, it rarely will provide great depth of field.
	members.aol.com /dcolucci/epic.htm (2260 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Kidman and Crowe lead epic film
		Production on the untitled film, said by Luhrmann to be a romance in the mould of Gone With The Wind, is due to start this year in Australia's outback.
		He told newspapers in Australia that the film would be set in the country during the 1930s and leading up to the Japanese bombing of Darwin.
		Luhrmann added that the film would be on the scale of the David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/entertainment/4743276.stm (245 words)

	Powell's Books - The making of Schindler's list :behind the scenes of an epic film by Franciszek Palowski
		When the film Schindler's List was first released in 1993, it was acclaimed as both a motion picture masterpiece and a reaffirmation of the human spirit.
		In fact, the film was so realistic that one of the women abused by Amon Goeth nearly fainted when she met the actor Ralph Fiennes in his Nazi garb.
		On the final day of shooting, Spielberg and the people around him realized that they had participated in a profound film experience — a tribute to Schindler and a memorial to the "Schindler people" who endured.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=1559724455 (485 words)

	JS Online: At one point, epic film ran even longer
		The final film in the trilogy, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" opened Wednesday; on Thursday, it received four Golden Globe nominations, including best picture and best director.
		We are all dedicated to telling the story, and the story has a natural unfolding and we went with what we thought told the story successfully.
		Trilogy Tuesday, in which all three films were shown, indicated that people will sit through any length film to watch this trilogy unfold.
	www.jsonline.com /story/index.aspx?id=193786&format=print (594 words)

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