Return to __Troy__: New Essays on the Hollywood Epic

Return to Troy examines the Director’s Cut of Troy: portrayals of gods, heroes, and the fall of Troy; supposed errors; cinematic epic technique; and the Iliad in twentieth-century culture. Unique features include an interview with the director and behind-the-scenes photographs. 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. In The Footsteps Of Homeric Narrative: Anachronisms And Other Supposed Mistakes In Troy / Eleonora Cavallini -- Petersen's Epic Technique: Troy And Its Homeric Model / Wolfgang Kofler And Florian Schaffenrath -- Troy: The Cinematic Afterlife Of Homeric Gods / Martin M Winkler -- Achilles And Patroclus In Troy / Horst-dieter Blume -- Odysseus In Troy / Bruce Louden -- A New Briseis In Troy / Barbara P. Weinlich -- The Fall Of Troy: Intertextual Presences In Wolfgang Petersen's Film / Antonio M Martin-rodriguez -- Homer's Iliad In Popular Culture: The Roads To Troy / Jon Solomon -- Coda: On Cinematic Tributes To Homer And The Iliad / Martin M Winkler. Edited By Martin M. Winkler. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 265-277) And Index. Return to Troy: New Essays on the Hollywood Epic 3 Copyright 4 Contents 5 Editor’s Acknowledgments 7 List of Photographs 8 Notes on Contributors 9 Introduction: Troy Revisited 11 1: Wolfgang Petersen on Homer and Troy 26 2: Live from Troy: Embedded in the Trojan War 37 Photographs: Behind the Scenes of Troy 59 3: In the Footsteps of Homeric Narrative: Anachronisms and Other Supposed Mistakes in Troy 75 4: Petersen’s Epic Technique: Troy and Its Homeric Model 96 5: Troy and the Cinematic Afterlife of Homeric Gods 118 6: Achilles and Patroclus in Troy 175 7: Odysseus in Troy 190 8: A New Briseis in Troy 201 9: The Fall of Troy: Intertextual Presences in Wolfgang Petersen’s Film 213 10: Homer’s Iliad in Popular Culture: The Roads to Troy 234 Coda: On Cinematic Tributes to Homer and the Iliad 265 Bibliography 275 Index of Films and Television Productions 288 General Index 291 Return to Troy presents essays by American and European classical scholars on the Director's Cut of Troy, a Hollywood film inspired by Homer's Iliad. The book addresses major topics that are important for any twenty-first century representation of ancient Greek myth and literature in the visual media, not only in regard to Troy: the portrayals of gods, heroes, and women; director Wolfgang Petersen's epic technique; anachronisms and supposed mistakes; the fall of Troy in classical literature and on screen; and the place of the Iliad in modern popular culture. Unique features are an interview with the director, a report on the complex filming process by his personal assistant, and rare photographs taken during the original production of Troy.