To vlemma tou Odyssea (1995)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Theodoros Angelopoulos

Writers:

Theodoros Angelopoulos (screenplay) &
Tonino Guerra (co-writer) ...

Release Date:

1 November 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend...

Plot Keywords:

Balkan | Soul Searching | Mist | Film Restoration | Bombardment

Awards:

9 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

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
Yorgos Konstas
Thanos Grammenos
Alekos Oudinotis
Angel Ivanof
Ljuba Tadic
Vaggelis Liodakis
Gert Llanaj

Also Known As:

Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα (Greece)
Der Blick des Odysseus (Germany)
Lo sguardo di Ulisse (Italy)
The Gaze of Odysseus
The Look of Ulysses
Ulysses' Gaze (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

176 min

Country:

Greece | France | Italy | Germany | UK | Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Albania | Romania

Language:

English | Greek | Bulgarian | Albanian | Serbian | Romanian

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:K-8 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company:

Greek Film Center

Quotes:

Niko: The first thing God created was the journey, then came doubt, and nostalgia.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Good Bye Lenin! (2003)

SHEER RUBBISH

i can't think of any movie maker as pretentious and arrogant as

this greek cinema amateur. Theo Angelopoulus should be jailed

for doing this and for what he has been doing for years.

I wasted £2.5 to rent the video and even though is a small amount

of money I should have asked for a refund or, even better, to get

paid for watching this film. It is so boring, without any interest at all and it last for so long. It is

a real nightmare. Harvey Keytel is out of place, the still shots last

forever without any reason, there are too many pretentious scenes,

the movie lacks quality, etc... You'd better have the control with fast forward handy !!

The worst thing is that Theo thinks he is a poet of cinema, that no

one is above him, that he has the last word in cinema. It is

unbelievable that someone could even think about producing his

movies. Theo is nothing but an arrogant lunatic, someone who

has lost the plot and who lives isolated in his own world.