Theo Angelopoulos

The 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.

The political force of his films, including the classic The Travelling Players (1975), gave way to more essayistic works exploring...