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Oxi: An Act of Resistance
The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri
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Oxi: An Act of Resistance
The Screenplay and Commentary, Including interviews with Derrida, Cixous, Balibar and Negri
About this book
Oxi (Gr. Determiner, lit. 'No', fig. 'Resistance', pronounced 'ochi') retells Sophocles' Antigone through the contemporary Greek crisis and modern European philosophy. A collaboration between the renowned British auteur Ken McMullen and the literary theorist Martin McQuillan, the film draws upon and responds to the importance of the Antigone of modern thought (Hegel, Arendt, Lacan, Derrida, Butler), while coming up close to the politics of the street and the malign effects of the austerity experiment in Greece today.
The screenplay weaves together a range of idioms, including performance, fiction, documentary, interview and literary collage. The result is an intensely moving reflection on the tragedy of austerity today, with contributions from HÊlène Cixous, Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri, as well as several significant figures in Greek cultural life. The volume includes full transcripts of the interviews with Cixous, Balibar and Negri, and a previously unpublished interview with Jacques Derrida on the question of Oedipus, as well as critical commentary from the filmmakers.
The screenplay weaves together a range of idioms, including performance, fiction, documentary, interview and literary collage. The result is an intensely moving reflection on the tragedy of austerity today, with contributions from HÊlène Cixous, Etienne Balibar and Antonio Negri, as well as several significant figures in Greek cultural life. The volume includes full transcripts of the interviews with Cixous, Balibar and Negri, and a previously unpublished interview with Jacques Derrida on the question of Oedipus, as well as critical commentary from the filmmakers.
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Information
OXI Screenplay
Cast
In Order of Appearance
| JOCASTA | ELENI KALLIA (GR) |
| INVESTIGATOR | DOMINIQUE PINON (FR) |
| MAN WITH HAT | BRET ROBERTS (US) |
| THE SPHINX | GABRIELLA WRIGHT (FR) |
| OEDIPUS | LEX SHRAPNEL (UK) |
| TIRESIAS | DON MOUSSEAU (USA) |
| CREON | JOHN SHRAPNEL (UK) |
| ANTIGONE | JULIA FAURE (FR) |
| ISMENE | DELLA SABA (UK) |
| GREEK CHORUS | THE TRAVELLING PLAYERS |
Interviews
In Order of Appearance
| MANOLIS GLEZOS | WWII Resistance Hero and Politician |
| HĂLĂNE CIXOUS | Writer and Philosopher |
| ANTONIO NEGRI | Political Philosopher and Activist |
| THEODOROS TERZOPOULOS | Theatre Director |
| GIORGOS VICHAS | Doctor and Medical Volunteer |
| ANTIGONE LYBERAKI | Economist and Politician |
| KOSTAS VAXEVANIS | Political Commentator and Journalist |
| VALERIE KONTAKOS | Documentarist and Citizen of Athens |
| CHRISTOS KARAKEPELIS | Film Director and Citizen of Athens |
| MARTIN McQUILLAN | Cultural Theorist |
| YANNIS SAKARIDIS | Citizen of Athens |
| ĂTIENNE BALIBAR | Philosopher |
| ARTHUR I. MILLER | Physicist |
| PETROS SEVASTIKOGLOU | Film Director and Citizen of Athens |
| NIKOS CORNELIOS | Film Director and Citizen of Athens |
| MARTHA FRANGIADAKI | Medical Volunteer |
Opening
Long Ago and Far Away
Time-lapse shot across an ancient seascape with distant islandsâ
Sunriseâ
CAPTIONS
Superimposed on Lower Screen over Time-Lapse Shot
________________
It will be enough if my words are judged useful
by those who desire insight into the past.
________________
Into events whichâhuman nature being what it isâ
will inevitably be repeated in the future.
(Thucydides 460â400 BC)
________________
1. EXTâAN ANCIENT GREEK VILLAGEâDAY (ANCIENT GREECE)
The Greek Chorus is represented by a group of âTRAVELLING PLAYERSâ.
At other times in the film when individuals give political commentary INTERVIEWEES and CITIZENS OF ATHENS become The Chorus.
We hear lines from Antigone by Sophocles.
TRAVELLING PLAYERS (VO)
(Attempting to sooth a violent issue)
Creon, listen to your son . . . learn from what he says . . .
Haemon, you learn from your father too . . .
You both have spoken wisely.
CREON
(With increasing irritation)
So . . . men of my age . . . are supposed to learn from men of his?
HAEMON
You should look at my merits, not to my years.
CREON
Am I to rule by the judgement of ...
Table of contents
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- The State of the Debt
- OXI: An Act of Resistance
- OXI Screenplay
- Credits
- Memories, Dreams, Ghosts and Friends
- Spartan Helotry
- Post-Structuralist Politics
- False Economy
- The Godfather
- Interviews
- Interview I: Ătienne Balibar
- Interview II: HÊlène Cixous
- Interview III: Antonio Negri
- Interview IV: Manolis Glezos
- Interview V: Theodoros Terzopoulos
- Interview VI: Kostas Vaxevanis
- Whatever Still Remains
- Filmography
- Notes on Contributors