Gladiator (2000) - Ridley Scott | Houselights #87

Houselights: A Film Director Podcast · Jun 21, 2022 · 1h 7m

Loosely inspired by Rome at the end of the Pax Romana, 2000’s seminal crowd-pleaser Gladiator defined Russell Crowe’s career and remains a benchmark for sword-and-sandal epics. Audiences cheered the heroism of a reluctant hero challenging a mad ruler, but does this film echo in eternity or fade with the passage of time?