― ryan (ryan), Wednesday, 17 March 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Nom De Plume (Nom De Plume), Saturday, 1 May 2004 00:05 (nineteen years ago) link
- landscape in the mist- the suspended step of the stork- voyage to cythera
are all among the great films of the past 20 years
the final shot of 'stork' is breathtaking
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 2 May 2004 01:32 (nineteen years ago) link
i will try to say more soon
― amateur!st (amateurist), Sunday, 2 May 2004 01:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Monday, 24 May 2004 16:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 24 May 2004 21:42 (nineteen years ago) link
omg :(((http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/jan/24/filmmaker-theo-angelopoulos-dies-accident?CMP=twt_fd
i haven't seen this guy's stuff - he's just always on my list, because i like others in his ballpark - but there's a long piece in the new S&S, coinciding with the long-belated release of his films on dvd, ready for reappraisal. awful.
― quick brown fox triangle (schlump), Wednesday, 25 January 2012 01:08 (twelve years ago) link
:(
i've only seen "landscape" so far but thought it was excellent — gonna finally watch "ulysses's gaze" next in memoriam
― tanuki, Thursday, 26 January 2012 05:13 (twelve years ago) link
complete NYC retro
http://www.movingimage.us/programs/2016/07/08/detail/eternity-and-history-the-cinema-of-theo-angelopoulos/
damn, such long films, and i am so sleep-fuct on the weekends
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 6 July 2016 18:33 (seven years ago) link
I saw The Travelling Players yesterday at MOMI, and while his aesthetic is not custom-built for my wavelength, I did like it a lot more than U's Gaze 20 years ago. I don't understand people who find it "impenetrable"; I'm not an expert in either 20th-century Greek history or the Oresteia, but the little I know was enough to get by. (Obviously a lot of nuances will bypass most non-Greek audiences.)
Mubi:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/persistence-of-vision-the-cinema-of-theodoros-angelopoulos
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
The Travelling Players defeated me when I tried to watch it once at home - I just couldn't really adjust to the way that the film switched between different eras, sometimes even in the same shot. Hope to return to it one day.
― Foster Twelvetrees (Ward Fowler), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:11 (seven years ago) link
I can imagine it being much more difficult on a non-theater screen...
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 July 2016 15:23 (seven years ago) link
The Travelling Players, purely for its atmosphere and dignity may be one of the greatest films ever. It also looks and feels beautiful and strong. But the pace is murder. And you have to allows for shots of facades and interiors of buildings - which stand for historical time - to be substituted for the standard human drama of most film.
― glumdalclitch, Friday, 21 July 2017 23:32 (six years ago) link
The Hunters, the next film in the trilogy, is, in comparison, a grim black comedy, where a corpse stands for Greek society, or at least its ideals. Some very funny scenes in this, but the next moment you're reminded of the insane historical import of them - like the new prime minister being selected by draping a robe over his naked torso, in a parody of investiture, by some conspirators.
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 16:49 (six years ago) link
These films are a great crash course in 20c Greek history too, from a defiantly biased leftwing perspective.
― glumdalclitch, Wednesday, 9 August 2017 19:22 (six years ago) link