A story of the Second Punic Wars, beginning with Scipio's futile pleas to the Roman Senate to build an army to battle Hannibal, that climaxes with the battle of Zama..
Look, if you are the kind of person who enjoys watching thousands of extras running around in sandals just because it looks expensive, you’ll probably find Scipione l'africano charming in a weird way. If you need a movie that actually has a pulse or characters who act like real people, skip this. It’s a relic, plain an...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Carmine Gallone
Carmine Gallone
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"Look, if you are the kind of person who enjoys watching thousands of extras running around in sandals just because it looks expensive, you’ll probably find Scipione l'africano charming in a weird way. If you need a movie that actually has a pulse or characters who act like real people, skip this. It’s a relic, plain and simple. The whole thing feels like it was filmed in a heatwave. Everyone is shouting their lines as if the microphones were placed a mile away from the set. It’s not subtle. At ..."
Carlo Duse
Silvio Maurano, Sebastiano A. Luciani, Camillo Mariani Dell'Aguillara, Carmine Gallone
Italy
