Second Run Electra My Love

A parable for the idea that revolutionaries must continually renew themselves Miklos Jancso Revolutionary in form as well as content, Electra, My Love is one of the great Miklos Jancsos finest works. Set amidst the open plains and grasslands of Hungary, and shot in twelve long, beautiful, intricately choreographed takes by cinematographer Janos Kende, it is a provocative call to arms against any system that rules without justice. An expert in the symbolic expression of forbidden political ideas, Jancso here radically reworks the ancient Greek myth as a philosophical reflection on the dialectics of power and oppression. Electra (seeking revenge for the murder of her father, the former king) attempts to rouse a cowardly and apathetic population against the rule of usurper tyrant Aegisthus. Jancsos film examines issues of law, justice and power the deliberate distortion of myth and reality reflecting the real horrors that Hungary had endured and was at that time still enduring. It s relev Lees meer over de Second Run Electra My Love van second run in de productgroep entertainment