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Orpheus and Eurydice in the seventh art

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No. 38 (2019)

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This article gathers the cinematographic adaptations of the episode of Orpheus and Eurydice in order to establish the transformations and the different objectives of its inclusion in this type of works. The analysis of the films showed that four raise issues related to the artistic medium (Orphée, Vous n’avez encore rien vu, Parking, Me ton Orfea ton Avgousto) and six deal with social problems (Orfeu Negro, Orfeu, The Fugitive Kind, Orpheus Descending, Evridiki BA 2O37, Shredder Orpheus).

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Myth, Cinema, Adaptation, Orpheus, Erydice

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Forero-Álvarez, R., & Forero-Álvarez, L. M. (2019). Orpheus and Eurydice in the seventh art. Byzantion Nea Hellás, (38), pp. 49–73. Retrieved from https://byzantion.uchile.cl/index.php/RBNH/article/view/55487
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Byzantion Nea Hellás
Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
Universidad de Chile
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