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EPISODE 19: Attenberg - Interview With Writer/ Critic Marina Ashioti
For this episode we chat with writer/ film critic Marina Ashioti about Greek film Attenberg by director Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Released in 2010, Attenberg was part of the Greek New Wave or otherwise known as Weird Wave, usually consisted of independent films released mid to late 00s to the early to mid 10s, reflecting a time of unprecedented economic and political upheaval in Greece. These films were seen to examine authoritarian power structures both at the national and familial level, often through the lens of an alienated protagonist, which is very much the case in Attenberg.
Attenberg's queerness is very much indebted to its unapologetically awkward protagonist Marina (Ariane Labade), who is intrinsically unable to fit into the heteronormative spaces she inhabits. Marina's predominantly asexual nature sees a sexual engagement with both women and men in a manner that's devoid of any emotion or desire. She is going through the motions, taking her mating cues from David Attenborough nature documentaries.
Links: substack.com/daniel-theophanous
Music: James Jones @james-jones-music
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For this episode we chat with writer/ film critic Marina Ashioti about Greek film Attenberg by director Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Released in 2010, Attenberg was part of the Greek New Wave or otherwise known as Weird Wave, usually consisted of independent films released mid to late 00s to the early to mid 10s, reflecting a time of unprecedented economic and political upheaval in Greece. These films were seen to examine authoritarian power structures both at the national and familial level, often through the lens of an alienated protagonist, which is very much the case in Attenberg.
Attenberg's queerness is very much indebted to its unapologetically awkward protagonist Marina (Ariane Labade), who is intrinsically unable to fit into the heteronormative spaces she inhabits. Marina's predominantly asexual nature sees a sexual engagement with both women and men in a manner that's devoid of any emotion or desire. She is going through the motions, taking her mating cues from David Attenborough nature documentaries.
Links: substack.com/daniel-theophanous
Music: James Jones @james-jones-music
Follow us on T: @LTCompanion/ I: @ltcompanion / F: @LongtimeCompanion