
Watch: Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα 1995 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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.
Plot: “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?
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Flawed, difficult, but amazing
On the surface, this is deeply flawed; there’s some awkward dialogue, Harvey Kietel is OK, not amazing, the female characters are thin. But it’s so damn full of breathtaking images, brave cinematic choices, multi-minute long shots, and a heart rending climax, that the flaws don’t seem important some how. The story: A Greek film director caught in his own mid-life artistic and personal crisis goes on an odyssey to find lost footage by Greece’s first filmmakers, traveling through the Balkans and revisiting his own life in the process. I can certainly understand the mixed reviews. This isn’t an easy film, and if watched in the wrong mood, or without knowing what you’re getting into (a slow, thoughtful 3 hour rumination on life, the past and art) could be very off-putting. But accepted on its own terms, warts and all it’s an amazing odyssey; visual, emotional and thematic.
Original Language el
Runtime 2 hr 56 min (176 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Unrated
Genre Drama, War
Director Theodoros Angelopoulos
Writer Theodoros Angelopoulos, Tonino Guerra, Petros Markaris
Actors Harvey Keitel, Maia Morgenstern, Erland Josephson
Country Greece, France, Italy, Germany, United Kingdom, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Romania, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Awards 12 wins & 7 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Laboratoires Éclair, Paris, France
Film Length 4,929 m
Negative Format 35 mm (Eastman EXR 200T 5293, EXR 500T 5296)
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm