Jules Dassin Meets Greek Tragedy
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Eirene : studia graeca et latina |
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| Citation | |
| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | Greek mythology; Greek tragedy; cinema; Jules Dassin |
| Description | The essay concentrates on three films made by famous film director, a major Philhellene of the 20th century, Jules Dassin (1911-2008), i. e. the comedy Never on Sunday in 1960; Phaedra in 1962, an adaptation of Hippolytos by Euripides, based on a melodrama written by Margarita Lymberaki, and A Dream of Passion in 1978, the drama of an actress playing Medea and visiting a jailed mother who had murdered her own children. |
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