THE 20TH CENTURY THROUGH A GAZE: THEO ANGELOPOULOS

Important events of the past century, as seen through the films of the distinguished Greek filmmaker, Theo Angelopoulos, are presented in the documentary The 20th Century through the Gaze of Theo Angelopoulos. The film begins with a seen from the feature Alexander the Great, where a Bavarian officer shoots in the air and shouts "Long live the 20th century!" Upon which, the internationally renowned director will comment: "Is there anyone who could shout "Long live the 20th century!"? I very much doubt it". Events that left their mark on the previous century, the Balkan Wars, the Asia Minor Disaster, WWII, the German Occupation, the Resistance, the Civil War and emigration, are all illustrated through scenes from the films of Angelopoulos. At the dawn of the third millennium, the director who was awarded the Palm d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival says he looks upon the 20th century somewhat as "a landscape in the mist". He will further reveal: "I feel that my true life, after all these years in film, is cinema Between shooting two films I become bored". "I have this sense of having made only one film, The Reconstitution. All my other films exist in The Reconstitution and emanate from it". Contemporary thinkers Costas Georgoussopoulos and the late Vassilis Rafailidis talk about Angelopoulos "the historian".

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Direction: Stathis Plotas

Editing: Leonidas Drongaris

Sound: Ilias Diamantis, Vassilis Mavrikos

Music: Eleni Karaindrou, Christodoulos Halaris, Loukianos Kilaidonis

Camera: Antonis Kassitas, Yiannis Skiadas, Manolis Loupassakis

Format: 35mm

Color: Colour

Production Country: Greece

Production Year: 2000

Duration: 59'

Stathis Plotas