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World Film Locations: Athens
Contributor(s): Poupou, Anna (Editor), Nikolaidou, Afroditi (Editor)
ISBN: 1783203595     ISBN-13: 9781783203598
Publisher: Intellect (UK)
OUR PRICE:   $28.22  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: September 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film - Reference
- Art | Film & Video
Dewey: 791.430
Series: Intellect Books - World Film Locations
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages
 
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A filmic guidebook of the Greek capital, World Film Locations: Athens takes readers to film locations in the central historical district, with excursions to the periphery of Athens--popular neighborhoods, poor suburbs, and slums often represented in postwar neorealist films--and then on to garden cities and upper-class suburbs, especially those preferred by the auteurs of the 1970s. Of course, no Grecian vacation would be complete without a visit to the sea, and summer resorts, hotels, and beaches near Athens are frequent backdrops for international productions. However, more recent economic strife has emptied city neighborhoods, created urban violence, and caused an increase in riots in the Mediterranean city, and representations of this on film are juxtaposed with images of the eternal and idyllic city.

Featuring both Greek and foreign productions from various genres and historical periods, the book ultimately works to establish connections between the various aesthetics of dominant representations of Athens.

Contributor Bio(s): Poupou, Anna: - AnnaPoupou is a part of a research team that works in the broader area of film, television, and media studies and is the coeditor of"City and Cinema: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches".Sifaki, Eirini: - EiriniSifakiis a part ofa research team that works in the broader area of film, television, and media studies and is the coeditor of"City and Cinema: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches".Nikolaidou, Afroditi: - AfroditiNikolaidouis a part ofa research team that works in the broader area of film, television, and media studies and is the coeditor of"City and Cinema: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches".