>From Ed DeH.: >I'm coming in the back door of this Virgil and film discussion (I've been >on spring break) but the Sean Connery, Kevin Costner _Untouchables_ struck >me as Vergilian at the end when Ness pushes the mob hit-man (Nitti is his >name I think?) off the roof. A film which has gone to great lengths to show >the humanity of Elliot Ness closes with Ness committing a grevious breach >of that humanity, much like the close of the _Aeneid_. I recently noticed >it so I have not used it with classes yet but hope this helps. The main glitch, comparison-wise, is that Nitti is quite defiant toward Ness (until he gets thrown off the roof), whereas Turnus is pretty blubbery at the end....
Another possibilty: using the scene of two-guys-in-the-cowsuit (from *Top Secret!*) to explain how Daedalus was able to get the bull to "pay attention" to Pasiphae in Book VI... Bob White Robert T. White Shaker Heights HS/ Shaker Heights OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
