{"id":1113,"date":"2020-08-21T17:30:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-21T17:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/?p=1113"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:00:32","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:00:32","slug":"iphigenia-and-pans-labyrinth-at-ic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/iphigenia-and-pans-labyrinth-at-ic\/","title":{"rendered":"Iphigenia and Pan&#8217;s Labyrinth at IC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International Cinema \u2014 a powerhouse program, a jewel in BYU\u2019s crown \u2014 will bring three or four films to registered viewers every week of the Fall semester. Two of the Fall2020 films treat classical mythological themes, one as a <em>reception <\/em>and one as an <em>adaptation<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Iphigenia<\/em> (1977) is an adaptation of the classical tragedy by Euripides (405 BC). It is in Greek with English subtitles, directed by the Michaelis Cacoyannis and starring the mighty <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1116 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-21-at-11.12.38-AM-300x180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-21-at-11.12.38-AM-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-21-at-11.12.38-AM-630x379.png 630w, https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-21-at-11.12.38-AM-100x60.png 100w, https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screen-Shot-2020-08-21-at-11.12.38-AM.png 633w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Irene Pappas as Clytemnestra. The film tells the mythological events leading to the Trojan War. The Greek army wastes mustered at Aulis, unable to sail because the gods are angry. The winds will blow, Agamemnon is told, if he will offer his oldest daughter, Iphigenia, as a blood sacrifice to Artemis. Arguably, the only truly noble individual in the story is the child.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pan\u2019s Labyrinth<\/em>\u00a0<em>(El Laberinto del Fauno) <\/em>(2006) is remarkable filmmaking chipped off the mind of Guillermo del Toro. Shown during IC\u2019s International Horror week (over Halloween), I find it more haunting than horrifying. I call it a reception of the mythological Greek god Pan, because Del Toro\u2019s<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1118 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PansLabyrinth-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PansLabyrinth-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PansLabyrinth-120x60.jpg 120w, https:\/\/ogcmaonline.byu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/PansLabyrinth.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> screenplay pokes and prods the mythic possibilities in-herent in mythic figures like the faun rather than repurposing narratives about Pan already explored by the ancients. (cf. OGCMA <a href=\"http:\/\/ogcma.byu.edu\/Pan2.0101_DelToro.htm\">Pan2.0101_DelToro<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Any student, faculty member, or staff with current BYU credentials (i.e. a NetID) qualifies for the on-line streaming of all IC films via hummedia.byu.edu. However, prior registration is necessary. Use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScQ8bfcf4nUxvOBVnRVKpRRaVUHzrCRyujRE3AuWvzIoj19sw\/viewform\">this form<\/a> to register or watch <a href=\"https:\/\/ic.byu.edu\/\">ic.byu.edu<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014 RTM<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ogcma.byu.edu\/IphigeniaAulis2.0010_Cacoyannis.htm\">IphigeniaAulis2.0010_Cacoyannis<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International Cinema \u2014 a powerhouse program, a jewel in BYU\u2019s crown \u2014 will bring three or four films to registered viewers every week of the Fall semester. 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