Z (1969)
Directed by Costa-Gavras
A prominent politician is murdered during a demonstration. The government and army are trying to suppress the truth, but a tenacious magistrate is determined not to let them get away with it.
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Z was only his third feature but his first political project, and though it followed in a tradition that included Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (among others), was a risk.
Not a true thriller as much as an investigative procedural with a semblance of geopolitical cred, Z often relies on some slick camouflage of shopworn genre standbys, and perhaps because its pacifist-leaning dissidents made for less problematic heroes than the militant guerillas of The Battle of Algiers, Hollywood bestowed on it two Oscars and a Best Picture nomination.
Z was only his third feature but his first political project, and though it followed in a tradition that included Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers and Francesco Rosi's Salvatore Giuliano (among others), was a risk.
…film about Greece, made by an expatriate Greek director, but featuring an all-star French-speaking cast, “Z” is, alongside John Frankenheimer's “The Manchurian Candidate” and Jean-Luc Godard's “Weekend,” one of the most important political films of all time.
Otherwise, at times the viewing experience could be quite frustrating, even maddening.Godard shotwith the great cinematographer Raoul Coutard ( Shoot the Piano Player Z ).