{"product_id":"theo-angelopoulos-vrasidas-karalis-9781350245365","title":"Theo Angelopoulos: Filmmaker and Philosopher","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe cinema of Theo Angelopoulos is celebrated as challenging the status quo. From the political films of the 1970s through to the more existential works of his later career, Vrasidis Karalis argues for a coherent and nuanced philosophy underpinning Angelopoulos' work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe political force of his films, including the classic \u003ci\u003eThe Travelling Players\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), gave way to more essayistic works exploring identity, love, loss, memory and, ultimately, mortality. This development of sensibilities is charted along with the key cultural moments informing Angelopoulos' shifting thinking. From \u003ci\u003eVoyage to Cythera\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) until his last film, \u003ci\u003eThe Dust of Time\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), Angelopoulos' problematic heroes in search of meaning and purpose engaged with the thinking of Plato, Mark, Heidegger, Arendt and Luckacs, both implicitly and explicitly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheo Angelopoulos\u003c\/i\u003e also explores the rich visual language and 'ocular poetics' of Angelopopulos' oeuvre and his mastery of communicating profundity through the everyday. Karalis argues for a reading of his work that embraces contradiction and celebrates the unsettling questions at the heart of his work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vrasidas Karalis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350245364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350245365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.43w x 1.00d","brand":"Vrasidas Karalis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071403061503,"sku":"9781350245365","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_52c6cf49-3fad-4ae9-afdc-4c5aef45d6a2.jpg?v=1685435889","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theo-angelopoulos-vrasidas-karalis-9781350245365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}