Ulysses' Gaze
(1995)
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Ulysses' Gaze
(1995)
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| Harvey Keitel | ... |
A
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| Erland Josephson | ... |
S., Film Museum Curator
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| Maia Morgenstern | ... |
'Ulysses' Wife
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Thanasis Vengos | ... |
Taxi Driver
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Giorgos Mihalakopoulos | ... |
Friend and Journalist
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Costas Santas |
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Dora Volanaki | ... |
Old Woman
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Mania Papadimitriou |
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Giorgos Konstas |
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Thanos Grammenos |
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Alekos Oudinotis |
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Angel Ivanof |
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Ljuba Tadic |
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Vaggelis Liodakis |
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Gert Llanaj |
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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>
I have remarked that most American film critics are voting a lot of European films too low. I think the reason why is that they have difficulties to understand them because they know too little of the European history. I think that this film is an example of it. You have to have a very deep insight in the history of Greece and the Balkan to understand this film. Beside the beautiful cinematography, there is more to look for an understanding. It's a pity that a lot of Americans are knowing so little of history, because so there critics are missing a lot!