angelopoulos again make the most of an intellectual way of cinema and which be though full of poetry and with the stain of compassion . history and human relationship be emphasize through the symbolic order of ancient greek tragedy and that be what make the film have a more heavy character and which make it a little harder to follow than a usual hollywood production do not misjudge me and i love it too . as long a it concern the scenario the modern history of greece become only the environment in which the man wreck along with his fate . angelopoulos recons the mechanization of history upon man and try to make a clear statement upon it . the film itself be the most mature of the greek director and have all his personal characteristic bound together in an excellent work .