Zand 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 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

Art · Censorship · Literature · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Cinema and Media Studies · Contemporary and Historical Greek Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law

• El cine desde la perspectiva de la Ciencia Política

  Open Access•Manuel Trenzado Romero•Revista Española de Investigaciones…•2000

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