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Framing the "Weird Body" in Contemporary Greek Cinema
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- Title: Framing the "Weird Body" in Contemporary Greek Cinema: Dogtooth (2009), Attenberg (2010), Alps(2011)
- Author(s): Ina Karkani
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Image
- Journal Title: The International Journal of the Image
- Keywords: Dogtooth, Attenberg, Alps, “Weird Body,” Greek Financial Crisis
- Volume: 7
- Issue: 3
- Date: April 06, 2016
- ISSN: 2154-8560 (Print)
- ISSN: 2154-8579 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/2154-8560/CGP/v07i03/1-11
- Citation: Karkani, Ina. 2016. "Framing the "Weird Body" in Contemporary Greek Cinema: Dogtooth (2009), Attenberg (2010), Alps(2011)." The International Journal of the Image 7 (3): 1-11. doi:10.18848/2154-8560/CGP/v07i03/1-11.
- Extent: 11 pages
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Abstract
This article offers an aesthetic analysis of the Greek films “Dogtooth” (Lanthimos 2009), “Attenberg” (Tsangaris 2010) and “Alps” (Lanthimos 2011) in the conceptualization of the “weird body,” a new cinematic image of the human body in contemporary Greek cinema. It aims at introducing the “weird body “ as a cinematic trope with which to address lived experienced in the shadow of the current Greek financial and social crisis.
