Angelopoulos Retrospective: The Travelling Players
Billy Wilder Theater, Hammer Museum 10899 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CAThe Travelling Players (O Thiassos) Greece, 1975 A powerful vision of postwar Greek history as experienced by a troupe of actors on perennial tour, The Travelling Players swept the awards at the 1975 Thessaloniki Film Festival and announced Theo Angelopoulos as a major international auteur. A multi-generational ensemble, the players drag themselves and their trunks...