The work of Angelopoulos belongs to the period of the "second revolution of cinema," during which the rules of "mimicry" and "naturalism" are truly abandoned.

A different realism emerges. Where things are not recorded objectively, but as a peculiar experience of the filmmaker. The technique has been mastered to the extent that an attempt is made to restructure its function.

The search extends into the personal realm. In terms of the approach to themes and individual introspection. It takes the form of a complex problematic, in which the rediscovery of the language of cinema and the multiplication, the expansion of its expressive structures, are key factors.