Shooting the Emperor: Historical Narratives and Contemporary Imagination

The release in November 2023 of Ridley Scott’s film Napoleon has attracted a considerable degree of attention and generated a flood of controversies in the media. Given the director’s reputation, any new production by him was bound to be widely talked about, and in the past films like Alien and Gladiator were also the object of polemics; however, in this case, it is undoubtedly the subject of the film – the representation of a major historical character – to be the main focus of discussion.

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