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Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000): Hollywood and the Road Always Taken

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator (2000): Hollywood and the Road Always Taken

In a world where commercial cinema is either superheroes saving the day or the tenth remake of a 1980s genre classic, the sheer scale and intent of Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator,” to tell a most conventional revenge tragedy elevated to a mythical status should alone be a reason for revering it with childlike wonder.