Andriani Lamprinou

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    ‘Z’: How a Single Letter Paved the Way for Government Criticism

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    Post-WWII, the sixties were a period of military dictatorships and one-party governments around the world. In Europe, one of the only countries that had a military dictatorship, or junta, was Greece, after a bloodless coup orchestrated by the leadership of army colonel and subsequent Prime Minister Georgios Papadopoulos. This military junta inspired French-Greek filmmaker, Costa-Gavras, to create the film “Z” in 1969. Due to its critique of the government, the film would not be released in Greece until after the fall of the junta.

  • Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” and Hollywood’s lack of Mediterranean representation 

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    Greek culture, especially its mythology, is undoubtedly one of the most famously adapted traditions in narrative storytelling and popular media. From film and television to modern literature, Greek mythology has garnered colossal amounts of recognition and cultural resonance  amongst various audiences. But are these adaptations correct and truthful to the original myth? And, more importantly, how much does Hollywood, as a powerful cultural institution in its own right, influence these Greek cultural elements?