Name: Realism in Greek Cinema By Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)
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Realism in Greek Cinema: From the Post-War Period to the Present by Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

The history of Greek cinema post-1945 is best understood through the stories of its most internationally celebrated and influential directors. Focusing on the works of six major filmmakers active from just after WWII to the present day, with added consideration of many others, this book examines the development of cinema as an art form in the social and political contexts of Greece. Insights on gender in film, minority cinemas, stylistic richness and the representation of historical trauma are afforded by close readings of the work and life of such luminaries as Michael Cacoyannis, Nikos Koundouros, Yannis Dalianidis, Theo Angelopoulos, Antouanetta Angelidi, Yorgos Lanthimos, Athena-Rachel Tsangari and Costas Zapas. Throughout, the book examines how directors visually transmute reality to represent unstable societies, disrupted collective memories and national identity.

About Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

Vrasidas Karalis is Sir Nicholas Laurantus Professor and Chair of Department for Modern Greek at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has published extensively on Greek political life, Greek cinema, European cinema, Byzantine historiography and contemporary political philosophy. Most recently, he has authored A History of Greek Cinema (2012) and co-edited collections on Hannah Arendt and Antigone Kefala.

INTRODUCTION TO THE POST-WAR GREEK CINEMA 1945-2012 CHAPTER ONE The Construction and Deconstruction of Cinematic Realism in Michael Cacoyannis's Films CHAPTER TWO Nikos Koundouros and the cinema of anarchist realism CHAPTER THREE Yannis Dalianidis and the Cryptonymies of Visuality CHAPTER FOUR An introduction to the Ocular Poetics of Theo Angelopoulos CHAPTER FIVE The Feminine Gaze in Antoinetta Angelidi's Cinema of Imaginative Cathedrals CHAPTER SIX The No-Wave Greek cinema of Transgression OPTIMISTIC EPILOGUE

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Realism in Greek Cinema: From the Post-War Period to the Present by Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

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Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

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World Cinema

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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Year published

2021-07-29

Number of pages

304

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Realism in Greek Cinema by Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

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Realism in Greek Cinema: From the Post-War Period to the Present by Vrasidas Karalis (University of Sydney, Australia)

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