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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Apocalypto
Not sure if this is old news or not but the teaser trailer for Mel Gibson's Apocalypto is online at Apple. I'll be following this film closely because it's the first big budget action-adventure story set in ancient Mayan civilization, so expect plenty of blog posts about it up until its release next summer. I'll temporarily set aside any academic credibility by completely going ga-ga over a Mel Gibson film about the ancient Maya, but the cinematography and set design are simply going to be too much for me to dismiss. Hell, I'll be the first to admit that I became interested in archaeology because of Indiana Jones (among other romanticized ideals) so drooling over a completely generalized and dramatized portrait of ancient life isn't out of character. As long as I keep one eye toward the thousands of pottery sherds and soil samples I'll be looking at next summer...
Posted by Will at December 28, 2005 12:30 AM in Anthropology | In the News | Personal Reflections
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Hey, Don't worry about academic credibility :-) I'm a pro arch and I'm looking forward to this film as well. I've worked in Belize on a some Classic sites and can't wait to how the film recreates the life, culture and architecture of the Maya. Look for my post on this film soon as well.
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at December 28, 2005 01:30 PM