We conclude our look at interpretations of the story of Perseus and Andromeda with a couple of examples from the 20th century.
Odilon Redon's 1912 picture of Andromeda is now in Little Rock's Arkansas Art Center.
In 1921 Jacques Ibert wrote an opera about Perseus and Andromeda.
The Ray Harryhausen 1981 stop-motion film about Perseus and Andromeda, Clash of the Titans, is being remade, with the new version due out in March 2010. The trailer for the original can be seen below, and of course there are various excerpts on YouTube.
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I'm pleased there's an updated movie on the way. I hope they haven't too badly mangled the original myth for a modern audience. I'll take refuge in optimism.
Well, if Euripides can say Helen never went to Troy, ....
Okay, fair point. I've often wondered what would happen if Euripides et al. were alive today. I'm dead sure Shakespeare for one would be a famous Hollywood director doing blockbusters. Euripides would be writing great literary works and coming consistently second for the Booker.
Oh no, I think Euripides would be writing Eastenders or something -- a soap that was very keen on social "issues". Aeschylus would be a Nobel Laureate but hardly ever read. Sophocles would be writing quality TV dramas and adaptations. Aristophanes would be writing TV comedy -- the sort where fans know them practically off by heart.
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