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The Last Modernist: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture)

by Andrew (edt) Horton

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ISBN13: 9780275961190
ISBN10: 0275961192
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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 has kept alive the tradition of postwar modernism--the cinema of Antonioni, Jancso, and Ozu--in the largely hostile environment of the 1980s and 1990s. A major work for students and researchers on contemporary European film.

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"The Last Modernist's strength lies in its melange of critical thought. The seven essays and one interview present compelling judgments about Andropoulos's art, and the cultural, historical, and political processes that it involves.... essential reading."Cineaste

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Theo Angelopoulos is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive contemporary filmmakers and a highly idiosyncratic film stylist. This new collection of essays surveys his entire cinematic output and presents a discussion of his major films, themes, and concerns.

Synopsis:

An examination of the films, themes, and concerns of one of Europe's major filmmakers, Theo Angelopoulos.
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About the Author

ANDREW HORTON teaches in the English Department of Loyola University.
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Table of Contents

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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ISBN:
9780275961190
Subtitle:
The Films of Theo Angelopoulos
Editor:
Horton, Andrew
Introduction:
Horton, Andrew
Editor:
Horton, Andrew
Author:
Horton, Andrew
Introduction:
Horton, Andrew
Publisher:
Praeger Publishers
Subject:
General
Subject:
Communication
Subject:
Film - General
Subject:
Motion pictures
Copyright:
1997
Series:
Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture
Publication Date:
August 1997
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
College/higher education:
Language:
English
Pages:
144
Dimensions:
8.45x5.44x.64 in. .50 lbs.
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