Ulysses' Gaze
(1995)
|
|
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
Ulysses' Gaze
(1995)
|
|
| Watch Trailer 0Share... |
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Harvey Keitel | ... |
A
|
|
| Erland Josephson | ... |
S., Film Museum Curator
|
|
| Maia Morgenstern | ... |
'Ulysses' Wife
|
|
|
|
Thanasis Vengos | ... |
Taxi Driver
|
|
|
Giorgos Mihalakopoulos | ... |
Friend and Journalist
|
|
|
Costas Santas |
|
|
|
|
Dora Volanaki | ... |
Old Woman
|
|
|
Mania Papadimitriou |
|
|
|
|
Giorgos Konstas |
|
|
|
|
Thanos Grammenos |
|
|
|
|
Alekos Oudinotis |
|
|
|
|
Angel Ivanof |
|
|
|
|
Ljuba Tadic |
|
|
|
|
Vaggelis Liodakis |
|
|
|
|
Gert Llanaj |
|
|
A, a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist? If so, where are they? - "Why A? It's an alphabetical choice. Every filmmaker remembers the first time he looked through the viewfinder of a camera. It is a moment that is not so much the discovery of cinema--but the discovery of the world. But there comes a moment when the filmmaker begins to doubt his own capacity to see things, when he no longer knows if his gaze is right and innocent." --Theo Angelopoulos Written by Frank Wallner <wallnerf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>
Theo Angelopoulos can take his place in the line with other great artists, as Bergman, Tarkovskii, etc. The piece is long, but not boring at all, though it's not an easy viewing. Viewer has to posess at least rudimentary knowledge about European, and, in particular, Balkan history. TA transform a personal story into a parable of Odissei's journey, a neverending search for one's soul. The shots are beautiful, even with somehow faded film.