300 – Gerard Butler – d: Zack Snyder
300 (2007)
Direction: Zack Snyder
Screenplay: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael B. Gordon
Cast: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Dominic West, David Wenham, Rodrigo Santoro
300 may not be the most sophisticated war epic to hit the big screen, but with its series of mesmerizing tableaux and extreme graphic violence the film unquestionably succeeds in dazzling its audience. In other words: Watching 300 is like watching a video game that plays itself.
Set in 480 B.C.E., 300 recounts the fate of King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) of Sparta, as he led three hundred of his men to battle the superior Persian army of Xerxes the Great (Rodrigo Santoro). The battle was fought at Thermopylae, where Leonidas and his outnumbered soldiers struggled to block the only route [...]
by Franck Tabouring | March 14, 2007
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Berlin 2007: 300, THE COUNTERFEITERS, YELLA
300 by Zack Snyder (top); Nina Hoss in Yella (middle); In Memory of Myself by Saverio Costanzo (bottom)
Berlin Film Festival 2007: Part I
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Inspired by Frank Miller’s drawings and directed by Zack Snyder, 300 depicts the battle of Thermopylae in the year 480 B.C.E. At that decisive battle, King Leonidas of Sparta and a mere 300 followers confronted invader King Xerxes‘ brush-stomping Persian army. If the film looks even half as good as the stills, it’ll win every cinematography and production design award for 2007. But I wonder if 300 will display anything resembling intelligent storytelling, or if it’ll simply be a series of extended battle sequences glorifying bravery, honor, sadism, and all those great [...]
by Andre Soares | January 26, 2007
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Tags: 300, Berlin 2007, Berlin Film Festival, Film Festivals, I'm a Cyborg But That's Ok, In Memory of Myself, Nina Hoss, The Counterfeiters, The Year My Parents Went on Vacation, Yella
