Z was the first movie about foreign politics that I saw while I was in the Army, but home on leave in 1969. I was fascinated from the first scene until the last. It is about the loss of democracy at the hands of a military junta. The military achieves its goal by assassinating the most popular political figure of the time in Greece, Griroris Lambrakis. This would have been similar to General Westmoreland having Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey assassinated in the sixties in order for the Pentagon to take over the White House (not all that farfetched?)
The film is suspenseful and thrilling from start to finish, as we always wonder if the Greek people will stand for this kind of political activity. Be sure to catch it.
Review of Z
