Chapter Four. Reconstruction: “Help Me, I’m Lost”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction. The Voyage beyond the Borders 1
6. PART ONE: CULTURE, HISTORY, CINEMA
7. Chapter One. Cinema and the Borders of Greek Culture 23
8. Chapter Two. The Moving Pattern of Images: Greek History and Individual Perspectives 55
9. Chapter Three. Angelopoulos, the Continuous Image, and Cinema 73
10. PART TWO: FIVE FILMS
11. Chapter Four. Reconstruction: “Help Me, I’m Lost” 89
12. Chapter Five. The Travelling Players: Figures in the Landscape of Myth and History 102
13. Chapter Six. Voyage to Cythera: "One... Two ... Oh, My God. I’m Out of Step" 127
14. Chapter Seven. Landscape in the Mist: A Documentary Fairy Tale 144
15. Chapter Eight. The Suspended Step of the Stork: “If I Take One More Step, I Will Be Somewhere Else” 161
16. PART THREE: CONCLUSIONS
17. Chapter Nine Ulysses’ Gaze: “We Are Dying People” 179
18. Conclusions. From the Cinematic Gaze to a Culture of Links 202
19. Afterword. The Pleasures of Eternity and a Day: “Life Is Sweet and...” 211
20. Filmography 221
21. Bibliography 227
22. Index 233