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The Battles of Winterfell and Marathon: GoT/’Mother’s Mercy’ (2015) and ‘300: Rise of an Empire’ (2014).
[This post has been updated as of 10/29/2018] Television often borrows from films as a means of visualizing its stories and shaping its plots. I have argued in other posts that ‘Mother’s Mercy’, the season 5 finale of Game of … Continue reading →
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Tagged 'Mother's Mercy' (GoT), Battle of Marathon, Battle of Winterfell, Classics, HBO Game of Thrones, Ramsay Bolton, Reception, Stannis Baratheon
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Borrowed Battles: ‘300: Rise of Empire’ (Murro, 2014), HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’, and ‘Cabiria’ (Pastrone, 1914).
In this post, I examine the ways in which 300: Rise of Empire (Noam Murro, 2014) — a film about the Greco-Persian War of 480 BCE borrows from two moments in the HBO GoT storyline: the Battle of Black Water in season 2 and the Battle of Winterfell in the season 5 finale. The makers of 300: Rise look to HBO series for its opening flashback to the Battle of Marathon (490 BCE) and for the third Persian assault in its version of the Battle of Artemisium. Continue reading →
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