| The Last Modernist: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos Contributor(s): Horton, Andrew (Editor), Horton, Andrew (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0275961192 ISBN-13: 9780275961190 Publisher: Praeger OUR PRICE: $44.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 791.430 |
| LCCN: 97017113 |
| Series: Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 5.44" W x 8.45" (0.5 lbs) 162 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 |