Bouvard on Aeneid Film Adaptation Potential

There don't seem to be any significant film versions of The Aeneid, so the field's wide open and Virgil includes the kind of moral ambivalence many are complaining Nolan foists on the Odyssey. The sacking of Troy is even integral to the plot.

@Imperius__13 Most famously, Turnus surrenders to Aeneas and pleads for his life in their final battle but Aeneas sees his friend's belt (taken from him when Turnus slayed him) and kills him regardless. It's clear he's driven by impulse and revenge, which are below him.

@Imperius__13 But Virgil is a lot closer to the moderns than Homer--a lot of scholars see him as quasi-Christian--Dante seems to see him that way. He's uncomfortable with a lot of Homer, I think, which would make it interesting to see what a modern filmmaker would do with it.

@Imperius__13 I think film noir speaks more to the conversion of the criminal than the ancient epics.

@Imperius__13 Westerns, too.

@Imperius__13 Yes, 3:10 to Yuma is the type of film I had in mind. This was kind of Bogart's brand, but he was usually more a rogue and cynic than an actual criminal.

@Imperius__13 The inspiration comes from someone good, who gives them the choice of either resenting or emulating them.

@theericjacobus Sure. I bet you’d enjoy choreographing the sacking of Troy. Who plays Dido? There’s so much one could do with that episode.

@theericjacobus @gulshandevaiah I can’t object because I’ve never heard of him.