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August 30th, 2011, 03:04 AM
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#81 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Aug 2010 From: Central Macedonia Posts: 17,763 | Quote:
Originally Posted by clement  This is interesting. Do you have some information ? |
Yeah....
The good news is that a pretty Irish actress will star in this film
The bad news is that the title is misleading. It is not really about the Byzantine Empire. It is called Byzantium, but I don't know why....
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August 30th, 2011, 03:35 AM
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#82 | | Historian
Joined: Jun 2011 From: California, USA Posts: 2,103 |
Well, ok for the actress then !
I know that there was something like "east of Byzantium" but it did look like a 300-style movie, and it was more on Armenia or something like that in fact.
I think we should organize a lobby to have more movies on certain periods of history (in the ancient era, there are only movies on Rome, and some -but much less- on Greece or Egypt).
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August 30th, 2011, 03:42 AM
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#83 | | Historian
Joined: May 2011 From: Macedonia, Eastern Roman Empire Posts: 1,652 |
A movie about the Hellenistic kingdoms is essential!
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August 30th, 2011, 06:37 AM
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#84 | | Scholar
Joined: Nov 2010 Posts: 521 |
I think the Byzantine Empire was featured in The Message briefly.
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August 30th, 2011, 07:52 AM
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#85 | | Suspended indefinitely
Joined: Aug 2010 From: Central Macedonia Posts: 17,763 | Quote:
Originally Posted by LegioXIII I think the Byzantine Empire was featured in The Message briefly. | Care to elaborate on that? Give us some info, will ya?  | | | |
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August 30th, 2011, 08:04 AM
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#86 | | Historian
Joined: Jun 2011 From: California, USA Posts: 2,103 |
Well, since this movie is about the muslim conquests, I suspect that the byzantine empire is not shown in its full glory...
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August 30th, 2011, 08:07 AM
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#87 | | Megas Domestikos
Joined: Dec 2009 From: Canada Posts: 2,482 | Quote:
Originally Posted by clement Well, ok for the actress then !
I know that there was something like "east of Byzantium" but it did look like a 300-style movie, and it was more on Armenia or something like that in fact. | It doesn't look particularly good but it might be worth watching just to see how well they do it. It really does look like '300', though, minus the higher production values. | | | 
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February 13th, 2012, 10:36 PM
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#88 | | Suspended indefinitely
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November 2nd, 2012, 03:02 AM
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#89 | | Academician
Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 84 | Quote:
A cut-scene from the Bulgarian movie "Khan Asparuh" (aka "681 - Glory of the khan"), the full Bulgarian version. The movie was made for the 1981 jubilee "1300 years since the creation of Bulgaria". It has absolutely no computer effects, all the actors are real (around 50 000 extras, to be concrete)!
This scene in particular shows the council of the emperor and his generals, as well as the speeches of the two rulers.
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November 2nd, 2012, 06:37 AM
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#90 | | Scholar
Joined: Jun 2012 From: Malaysia Posts: 729 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Yaunâ We've seen so many movies about ancient Greece or Rome but not a special Byzantine one.
Would you like to see such a movie getting launched? If yes which period and topic should be chosen for that purpose? | 11th century Byzantium. Covering the era of Basileios II, all the way to Romanus Diogenes and his successor. It should cover the formation of the Varangian Guard and its impact on Byzantium.
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