Theo Angelopoulos is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive contemporary filmmakers and a highly idiosyncratic film stylist. His work, from the early 1970s to The Beekeeper, Landscape in the Mist, The Suspended Step of the Stalk and the recent Cannes prize-winner Ulysses' Gaze, demonstrates a unique sensibility and a preoccupation with form (notably, the long take, space, and time) and with content, particularly Greek politics and history, and notions of the journey, border-crossing, and exile. This new collection of essays surveys his entire cinematic output and presents a discussion of his major films, themes, and concerns. The contributors argue that Angelopoulos' sustained oeuvre
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Preface Introduction by Andrew Horton Modernism, Minimalism, Melancholy: Angelopoulos and Visual Style by David Bordwell Angelopoulos, Greek History and The Travelling Players by Dan Georgakas A Tour of the Graveyard of Greek Ideals: Voyage to Cythera by Vasilis Rafalidis Tessellations and Honeycombs: The Beekeeper by Gerald O'Grady Theo Angelopoulos: Landscapes, Players, Mist by Michael Wilmington The Empire of the Journey in Voyage to Cythera by Yvette Biro Theo Angelopoulos: The Past as History, the Future as Form by Frederic Jameson "What do our souls seek?": An Interview with Theo Angelopoulos by Andrew Horton Theo Angelopoulos: Filmography compiled by Andrew Horton Theo Angelopoulos: Selected Bibliography compiled by Matthew Stevens and Andrew Horton Index Notes on Contributors
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An examination of the films, themes, and concerns of one of Europe's major filmmakers, Theo Angelopoulos.

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ISBN
9780313305641
Publisert
1997-08-07
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Praeger Publishers Inc
Vekt
340 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
162

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ANDREW HORTON teaches in the English Department of Loyola University. Among his earlier works are Russian Critics on the Cinema of Glasnost (with Michael Brashinsky) and Writing the Character-Centered Screenplay.