Synopses & Reviews
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
Review
The Last Modernist's strength lies in its melange of critical thought. The seven essays andone interview present compelling judgments about Andropoulos's art, and the cultural, historical, and political processes that it involves.... essential reading.Cineaste
Synopsis
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.
About the Author
ANDREW HORTON teaches in the English Department of Loyola University.
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