"Angelopoulos’ sixth film, the Golden Lion award winning Alexander The Great (O Megalexandros, 1980), is a perfect case in point. Covering most of the thematic concerns that have occupied Angelopoulos in his forty years of filmmaking, it’s a deeply allusive meditation on myth, history and modernity, political ideology and national identity, and the demands made of its audience extend far beyond its 199 minute running time." (http://subtitledonline.com/reviews/alexander-the-great)< find out more...
Based on the Abscam sting operation of the late 1970s and early 1980s, the story follows FBI agent Richie DiMaso as he blackmails conman Irving Rosenfeld and his lover Sydney Prosser into helping him after a successful investigation into the pair's own foreign banking scam. Although DiMaso's sights are initially set on New Jersey Mayor Carmine Polito, the investigation is broadened to include a number of Congress who are suspected of taking bribes. An amazing cast, some mind boggling hairdo&r find out more...