The Last Modernist

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The Films of Theo Angelopoulos

Andrew Horton, A. Horton

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English

Praeger Publishers Inc
07 August 1997

Theatre: technical & background skills; Films, movies & cinema

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

Edited by: Andrew Horton, A. Horton
Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 227g
ISBN: 9780275961190
ISBN 10: 0275961192
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 07 August 1997
Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.

Reviews for The Last Modernist: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos

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 ? 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