Apology for Dionysus: Dionysus in '69 (Brian De Palma / Richard Schechner, 1970), TheBacchae (BradMays, 2002) and V forVendetta (James McTeigue, 2005)
Abstract
Dionysus is a singularly strange and enigmatic divinity. The myths that relate his birth from the thigh of Zeus, his upbringing among the Hyades nymphs, his victorious campaigns, his love affairs with Ariadne, his entourage of panthers, satyrs and bacchantes… have formed a complex saga that has made him the god of "enthusiasm", of transgression, of transformation, …a kind of meta-symbol of the darkest and most irrational part of human nature. The presence of Dionysus is verified throughout our cultural history. In our paper we study three films basing their story on the myths and mythemes of the god of wine: Dionysus in '69 (Brian De Palma / Richard Schechner, 1970), The Bacchae (Brad Mays, 2002) and V for Vendetta (James McTeigue, 2005).
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