Z and other cinematic tales from the 30-year Greek civil war

Greek cinema has documented and debated the civil war and its repercussions under different angles, largely defined by censorship, the general political climate, and cinematic trends. This article, first, offers a retrospective that traces the evolution of Greek cinema's 'takes' on th...

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Published inSmall wars & insurgencies Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 616 - 639
Main Author Eleftheriadou, Marina
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 04.07.2015
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Censorship
Cinema
Civil war
Conflict
Costas Gavras
Greek cinema
Greek Civil War
Motion pictures
Political analysis
Political change
political cinema
political thriller films
Politics
Social media
Tales
Theaters & cinemas
Greece
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ISSN0959-2318
1743-9558
DOI10.1080/09592318.2015.1050823

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Summary:Greek cinema has documented and debated the civil war and its repercussions under different angles, largely defined by censorship, the general political climate, and cinematic trends. This article, first, offers a retrospective that traces the evolution of Greek cinema's 'takes' on the civil war vis-à-vis the political changes. Second, it provides an in-depth analysis of Costas Gavras's film Z, examining its relevance to Greece and how political conflict, in general, is cinematically depicted. The article argues that Z and Gavras's cinema have been affected and have affected the Greek political situation. However, while Z has spearheaded an international cinematic genre (political thriller), it had minimal effect on the Greek cinema.
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ISSN:0959-2318
1743-9558
DOI:10.1080/09592318.2015.1050823