franzens freedom revives legend dragon a fictional date 1950s greek movie restore reputation film maker nikos koundouros dark satirical masterpiece drakosrecently i felt like person english speaking world read jonathan franzens latest novel freedom originally published summer paperback terrifically ambitious saga stretches forwards backwards central fraught relationship walter berglund patty emerson liberal couple meet college late 1970s starting point franzen manages create colossal picture 21st century america history popular art corporate culture homeland insecurity endangered natural hardly left say jonathan franzen place literary history i think possible note way changing course film history single handedly franzen restore reputation greek film maker nikos novel know date walter takes patty movie somewhat heartsinkingly unpretentious sporty patty black white film 50s screened free charge universitys art department auditorium grim indication going fun english title fiend athens remembers event actually recounted patty therapeutic journal writing later film mousy timid bespectacled guy athens sees newspaper photo fugitive criminal mastermind called fiend spitting image harmless nerda gang starstruck crooks sees hapless hero mistakes fiend rescues imminent arrest forces lead desperate criminal scheme theyve got going finally poor little enamoured idea decides sad life tough guy hero surrenders bizarre destiny fiend couple argue film means walter sees political parable fightback right wing oppression patty sees purely personal story masculinity taking action later book chapter called fiend washington walter like films protagonist decided flex muscles little throw lot corporate alpha entitled o drakos dragon film koundouros 1956 played venicefilm festival earned koundouros reputation orson welles greece accounted films greek cinema nonetheless sadly official histories world cinema pass koundouros silence change publication franzens freedom movie steadily growing people keen finding subtitled print dvd far easy christos prossylis director forthcoming london greek film festival tells recently paid personal visit koundouros vigorous 85 years old asking permission subtitled print festival reports koundouros delighted resurgence masterpiece english subtitled copy rights greek film writer john stylianou posted film entirety youtube english subtitles himselfit massive labour love grateful drakos brilliant dark satirical noir masterpiece pattys description doesnt justice dragon like french new wave picture crossed british ealing comedy fellini zinging energy carol reeds odd stark dramatic key lighting arrest scene gives imagery weegee type crime scene actually turns interestingly different film franzens patty remembers differences provide telling slant action novel franzen intended readers book watch film notice difference … time bomb added meaning buried deep says mousy anti hero thomas played actor dinos iliopoulos finally makes dramatic decision illusion gives impression crooks fooled resemblance fabled master criminal fact watch film youll isnt case decision isnt quite clear cut crooks know dragon need dragons prestige street cred bolster dodgy scheme – steal greek antiquities sell shady american collectors fact nervous thomas spilling beans account partly bizarre violence weird pre crime party end criminal brotherhood ambiguous relationship poor thomas say mirrors walters calamitous association rightwing mining corporation patty aware beginning earnest beau day wish assert turn did suppress films read freedom dragon tremendous film koundouros fully deserves upswing criteron persuaded bring definitive dvd edition prossylis says london greek film festival scheduling showing koundouross 1992 film title=>• information london greek film class=related style=float left right 10px 10px>jonathan class=author>