Oxi

Ken McMullen is one of Britain's leading auteurs. His films include Partition, Zina and Ghost Dance. His work has represented the UK at Cannes, won the gold medal at the New York Film Festival, the special jury prizes at Chateau Thierry and San Sebastian, and Best Film at the Rotterdam Film Festival. He is currently Distinguished Anniversary Chair of Film at Kingston University.

An original screenplay inspired by Sophocles' Antigone, retold through the contemporary Greek crisis and modern European philosophy.

List of Illustrations / Acknowledgements / Preface / The State of the Debt, Martin McQuillan / OXI: An Act of Resistance, screenplay, Ken McMullen / Credits / Memories, Dreams, Ghosts and Friends: Free associations on the making of a feature film, Ken McMullen / Spartan Helotry, Martin McQuillan / Post-Structuralist Politics, Martin McQuillan / False Economy, Martin McQuillan / The Godfather, Martin McQuillan / Interviews / I Etienne Balibar: ''Thinking things through differently: in fact the right way round' / II Hélène Cixous: 'To out Ajax Ajax' / III Antonio Negri: 'An example of a very bad example' / IV Manolis Glezos: 'I don't need Tiresias. I just need my comrades...' / V Thodoros Terzopoulos: 'Today God does not exist. In God's place we see the bank' /VI Kostas Vaxevanis: 'Europe is neither the dream of Mrs. Merkel, nor the dream of the Bundesbank'. / Whatever Still Remains, Richard Wilson / Filmography / Index / Notes on Contributors