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Summary:EVEN IN THE DECOMPLEXITY AND CONFUSION OF THE MODERN WORLD, WE NEED MYTHS. THEY ARE THE EVERYDAY STORIES WE BELIEVE ABOUT OURSELVES. GREEK MYTH IS STILL ABSOLUTE LY CENTRAL TO THE WESTERN IMAGINATION; IT IS PLUNDERED FOR PLOTLINES, ELEVATED IN HIGH ART, AND, THANKS TO FREUD, ENSHRINED AS THE SHORTHAND DESCRIPTION FOR OUR INNER LIFE. THE SHAPE OF THE FILM IS A JOURNEY, A THOUGHT TRAIN SET IN MOTION, A DESCENT INTO THE UNDERWORLD OF OURSELVES, AND A RE-EMERGENCE ONTO THE MYTHIC STREETS OF MANHATTAN, WHERE, AS JOSEPH CAMPBELL ONCE WROTE: 'THE LATEST INCARNATI ON OF OEDIPUS IS STANDING AT THE CORNER OF 5TH AVENUE AND 42ND STREET, WAITING FOR THE LIGHTS TO CHANGE'.
Description:TEN HALF HOUR PROGRAMMES LOOKING AT GREEK CIVILISATION AND HOW IT HAS SHAPED THE WAY WE LIVE NOW.