Greek cinema has long attracted critics and scholars more than the general public, and it remains far less visible internationally than, say, Swedish cinema. Its history falls roughly into three periods: 1900-1942, 1942-1974, and 1974 to the present. Production nearly ceased under the Metaxas dictatorship (1936-41). The postwar decades then brought a studio system modeled on Hollywood’s, turning out around two hundred films a year until its collapse in the late 1960s. After the fall of the junta, a new auteur cinema emerged, shaped by Theo Angelopoulos, the “poet of Greek cinema,” Michael Cacoyannis, whose work carried Greek culture abroad,…
Author: Amirreza Fakhri
Amirreza Fakhri
Amirreza Fakhri Born: 29 July 2000 (8 Mordad 1379), Tehran, Iran Education Master's degree in Business Administration (Marketing) Bachelor's degree in Accounting Film Criticism: Publications Film magazine Jam-e Jam daily newspaper Naghd-e Hal daily newspaper Charsou quarterly Kinoversus, online journal (Armenia) Books A book of criticism on the cinema of Billy Wilder, published in London Translations of Plays, published in Europe Phaedra's Love by Sarah Kane (from English) The Rope by Jean-Pierre Martinez (from French) Remember Me by Michel Tremblay (from French)