Ken Mcmullen, Martin Mcquillan

Oxi: An Act of Resistance (eBook, ePUB)

The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Oxi (Gr. Determiner, lit. 'No', fig. 'Resistance', pronounced 'ochi') retells Sophocles' Antigone through the contemporary Greek crisis and modern European philosophy. A collaboration between the renowned British auteur Ken McMullen and the literary theorist Martin McQuillan, the film draws upon and responds to the importance of the Antigone of modern thought (Hegel, Arendt, Lacan, Derrida, Butler), while coming up close to the politics of the street and the malign effects of the austerity experiment in Greece today.

The screenplay weaves together a range of idioms, including performance, fiction, documentary, interview and literary collage. The result is an intensely moving reflection on the tragedy of austerity today, with contributions from Hélène Cixous, Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri, as well as several significant figures in Greek cultural life. The volume includes full transcripts of the interviews with Cixous, Balibar and Negri, and a previously unpublished interview with Jacques Derrida on the question of Oedipus, as well as critical commentary from the filmmakers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781783482702
• Artikelnr.: 44155321

Autorenporträt

Ken McMullen is one of Britain's leading auteurs. His films include Partition, Zina and Ghost Dance. His work has represented the UK at Cannes, won the gold medal at the New York Film Festival, the special jury prizes at Chateau Thierry and San Sebastian, and Best Film at the Rotterdam Film Festival. He is currently Distinguished Anniversary Chair of Film at Kingston University.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Preface
The State of the Debt, Martin McQuillan
OXI: An Act of Resistance, screenplay, Ken McMullen
Credits
Memories, Dreams, Ghosts and Friends: Free associations on the making of a feature film, Ken McMullen
Spartan Helotry, Martin McQuillan
Post-Structuralist Politics, Martin McQuillan
False Economy, Martin McQuillan
The Godfather, Martin McQuillan
Interviews
I Etienne Balibar: ''Thinking things through differently: in fact the right way round'
II Hélène Cixous: 'To out Ajax Ajax'
III Antonio Negri: 'An example of a very bad example'
IV Manolis Glezos: 'I don't need Tiresias. I just need my comrades.'
V Thodoros Terzopoulos: 'Today God does not exist. In God's place we see the bank'
VI Kostas Vaxevanis: 'Europe is neither the dream of Mrs. Merkel, nor the dream of the Bundesbank'.
Whatever Still Remains, Richard Wilson
Filmography
Index
Notes on Contributors