Talk:The Fall of the Roman Empire (film)

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Given when the film was made, when immigration was not a prominent issue in the USA (although developing as an issue in the United Kingdom), I would suppose that the debate over whether to assimilate the barbarians into Roman society or fight them and exclude them probably reflects the civil rights movement more than it does immigration. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.231.178.176 (talk • contribs) at 21:43, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Hey, why is this movie called The Fall of the Roman Empire? It still had a few more centuries to go... Brutannica 18:38, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

This is explained in the article thus - "The plot may be termed a fantasia on various historical events and characters in the years 180-192, which are taken as the moment when the Roman Empire ceased to rise and begun its ineluctable decline, under the disastrous rule of the unhinged Emperor Commodus". In the opening voice-over of the film itself it is clearly stated that Rome took centuries to fall and that the film concentrates on the period that was 'the start of the fall'.Cenedi 19:46, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Footage

Would 98.160.153.15 care to write something in the article about the nature and content of the missing footage he/she mentions as having been discovered too recently for the deluxe DVD release? This is news (but welcome news) to me. Cenedi (talk) 13:41, 19 May 2008 (UTC)

I have the 3 disk collector's edition, and it is unclear whether they will release this footage on another deluxe film release: the "Fall of the Roman Empire" lost footage as a special on it OR a new "Fall of the Roman Empire" later edition. I also would welcome more news about it.--Drboisclair (talk) 19:32, 19 May 2008 (UTC)