Teamwork In Stanley Kubrick's Spartacus

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Teamwork is dangerous, or at least it is in Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus. Spartacus takes us to first century rome, where a former slave has started an uprising after killing one of the trainers watching and keeping guard over the soon to be gladiators. Spartacus is an interesting movie, because it shows how bravery and relentlessness can spark hope and community within strangers and acquaintances. The makeup department for Spartacus was, in comparison to other movies set in older time periods (such as Exodus: Gods and Kings) really well done. Costuming and makeup is part of what makes a movie a movie, for instance it would take away from the immersion of a film if it was set in nineteenth century England, and the actors were dressed in modern

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