Greek New Wave Cinema

All kinds of art link with humans; they reflect the conditions of life and society, and they try to narrate people and people’s minds; therefore, it can be said that art is the mirror of humans. A lot of art types can be named. For example, an art lover can read a character’s subconsciousness in a novel also, and an art lover can see the hidden parts of paintings, but in cinema and drama, a cinephile can do both of them. For that reason, cinema is one of the most significant parts of art. It demonstrates the human both visually and verbally, and it tells people by using the people. In conclusion, it can be clearly seen how important it is. This important art also has an important movement, and this movement’s name is Greek New Wave Cinema. In this article, five significant directors of Greek New Wave cinema will be demonstrated. But first, it is time to determine what Greek New Wave Cinema is.

In the 1970s, Greek New Wave Cinema had gained its real momentum. The directors had avant-garde ambitions, and there was an interest in Hellenism back then. And in 2008, it gained its name as New Wave Cinema. Now we have to learn its’ characteristics because this wave has a lot of different characteristics.

As it was mentioned above, cinema reflects humans, and this wave reflects authoritarian institutions shaped by the capitalist system and the family, which is the smallest unit of these authoritarian institutions with a critical and detrimental perspective by Greek New Wave directors. In addition, it criticizes the wars, religion, patriarchal society, and rotten structures of society, and it blames humans for all of these; while doing all this, it uses an allegorical style. Thanks to all these features, the audience watched cult movies. This brief summary of Greek New Wave Cinema can help its’ directors can be understood clearly. 

References:
https://www.bagimsizsinema.com/yunan-sinemasi.html