Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte und Archäologie des Mittelalters, Universität Tübingen, DEU
Department of Classics, University of Cincinnati, USA
Orientation for the Film "Troy" or "Troja"
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The film "Troy / Troja" will be released around the middle of May 2004. This filming of Homer´s "Iliad", the first epos of the Occident, by Wolfgang Petersen has left its impact on the Troia Project: Indeed we were absolutely not involved in the conception or the realization of the movie, but television and printmedia have flooded us with questions about the reality behind the myth. This wave no doubt will continue when the public views the movie. For many of these questions we want to offer an orientation.
Topics:
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Televisiondocumentaries
- Pressarticles
- Questions and Answers (FAQ)
Notice: Before
or after its release the Troia-Project will make no statements or commentaries
concerning the above movie. Quite general we are of the opinion that
archaeologists should pass no jugdement on this kind of film or on any
other manifestation of contemporary art (i.e. theatre, literature or fine
arts). This is the job of art critics. Above all we hope you enjoy the
programme !
Televisiondocumentaries:
Several TV-producers have asked us for pre-production assistance for their documentaries which we given with he have given with the appropriate restraints. Among these are: BBC Horizon (Channel Two, UK), National Geographic Channel (USA), Discovery Channel (USA), History-Channel (USA), and Pro 7 (Welt der Wunder, Germany). The contents is only within our responsibility as it concerns interviews or written comments directly from the Troia Project.
The 50 minute programme of BBC Horizon was aired on March 25, 2004 under the title "The Truth of Troy". We do not know when there will be a repetition.. A transcript of the programme is availble online under: <http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2004/troy.shtml >.
A part of the BBC programme was broadcast by the German Pro7 in the series "Welt der Wunder" on May 9.
The 1 hour documentary of the National Geographic Channel : "Troy: Behind the Scenes" was transmitted in the USA on May 7, 8, and 15. A transmission date for Europe is not known.
A release by the History Channel was adapted
by the German ZDF-series "History" and broadcast on June 20 unter the title
:"Troja - die wahre Geschichte".
Pressearticles :
We limit ourselves on articles in magazines that were in contact with us. Here the same reservations hold as with the TV programmes.
German magazines:
- "Troja -
der Mythos lebt" in National Geographic Deutschland , May 2004,
pp 44 - 69. Text by M.Siebler.
- Release on May 7:in Abenteuer
Archäologie (2/2004) a major topic " Mythos Troia".
- Articles in FOCUS 20/2004
(May 10),
PROFIL (Wien) 20/2004 (May 10.), DER SPIEGEL, 21/2004
(May 17), PM HISTORY June 2004.
American articles:
- "Was There a Trojan War" in Archaeology
57, 2004, May/June, pp 37 - 41. Text by M.Korfmann, D.Hawkins, J.Latacz.
The article is also available online under: <http://www.archaeology.org/0405/etc/troy.html>
- Pressrelease from our partners at the University of Cincinnati: "A Test on Troy: What´s Real vs What´s Reel", Date 04/22/2004. Online under: <http://www.uc.edu/news/NR.asp?id=1589> The release contains among others a list of simple questions and answers.
Turkish Magazines:
- Article "Troya - Evsane ve Ötesi"
in the issue of National Geographic Türkiye June 2004. Texts:
Haluk Sahin and Sinan Ünlüsoy.
- Article in the magazine
ATLAS, Nr. 134 - May 2004, 64-84 : "Troia - Iliada Destane". Author
is our teammember Rüstem Aslan, M.A.
- Articles in the Special Issue
3 (May 2004) of ARKEO ATLAS: "Anadolu´da ilk imparatorluk"
by members of our team: Rüstem Aslan, M.A., Dr.Gebhard Bieg und Ralph
Becks, M.A.
Questions and answers (FAQ)
A separate page of short Questions and answers should serve a quick information. For more detailed information please refer to above articles or the interesting books:
- J.Latacz: "Troia und Homer,
Der Weg zur Lösung eines alten Rätsels", 4.Auflage 2003,
Piper Pocketbook. (English translation available soon).
- B.Brandau, H.Schickert, P.Jablonka
: " Troia - wie es wirklich aussah", 2004, Piper.
The translation of the FAQ will follow shortly. Meanwhile please refer
to the German version.
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Cincinnati editor: John Wallrodt (email: john.wallrodt@classics.uc.edu)
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