11:00 My first Angelopoulos (I’m Greek). Around 1985 probably, I was 15 and my brother brought the 12th grade new History schoolbook which I found amazing. It was about 20th century and had an extended section about art, including 5-6 pages about world cinema and maybe one about Greek cinema. This page mentioned only 4 Greek directors (Tzavelas, Cacoyiannis, Koundouros and Angelopoulos), so I was intrigued that I knew nothing about the most recent one, or by the fact he was already in history books. This is a different era, the pro-internet era, there are no DVDs or even VHS in Greece, there’s only television with 2 channels and everything it plays we watch it anyway. Maybe a few months later, the TV announces the Traveling Players will be broadcasted for the first time (in 2 parts), which is considered a huge event. I sat down and watched it, I remember in the first 5 minutes instantly appreciating the line “Won’t you collect your bastard” as about how such a short line is poetic, realistic and revealing at the same time. I didn’t understand much, I was confusing the persons (who is who), I didn’t get the Oresteia connection, I didn’t get the change of era within the same shot, many of the political and historical references and much more but I was certainly impressed by all the other aspects. By now I have seen all of his films, by an average 6-12 times each, I even played as an extra to watch him working at close and I really love him and feel he defined my development.
@@thessaloniki9653 Thank you for sharing your experience with the films and process of Angelopoulos. He truly is one of the defining filmmakers of the past half century and one of my personal favourites. A hugely influential and remarkable artist.
Hey Mahmoud, I'm glad you have learned about Angelopoulos through this video. Angelos is a very knowledgeable man with much insight to offer about the Greek director's work. Cheers.
I would argue that Angelopoulos's work is not that great artistically speaking, regardless of the sensibilities of current social standing or preference among people. It would be great if people gathered for discussions to discover that most films are actually quite average instead of praising social themes as an integral part of cinema.
It's an opinion, which you are naturally entitled to, and for which, on my part, you will find nothing but respect, even though I disagree with it. Cheers.
@@PlanSéquenceFilmArt Thank you for your gentleness my friend. I am, however advocating for a debate where personal opinions have no value since i firmly believe that subjectivity is not of use in such discussions. It may seem as an opinion now since it is not presented with facts but i do hope that we might have the chance in the near future. The discussion is not solely related to Angelopoulos. Wishing you a great day!
11:00 My first Angelopoulos (I’m Greek). Around 1985 probably, I was 15 and my brother brought the 12th grade new History schoolbook which I found amazing. It was about 20th century and had an extended section about art, including 5-6 pages about world cinema and maybe one about Greek cinema. This page mentioned only 4 Greek directors (Tzavelas, Cacoyiannis, Koundouros and Angelopoulos), so I was intrigued that I knew nothing about the most recent one, or by the fact he was already in history books.
This is a different era, the pro-internet era, there are no DVDs or even VHS in Greece, there’s only television with 2 channels and everything it plays we watch it anyway. Maybe a few months later, the TV announces the Traveling Players will be broadcasted for the first time (in 2 parts), which is considered a huge event. I sat down and watched it, I remember in the first 5 minutes instantly appreciating the line “Won’t you collect your bastard” as about how such a short line is poetic, realistic and revealing at the same time. I didn’t understand much, I was confusing the persons (who is who), I didn’t get the Oresteia connection, I didn’t get the change of era within the same shot, many of the political and historical references and much more but I was certainly impressed by all the other aspects.
By now I have seen all of his films, by an average 6-12 times each, I even played as an extra to watch him working at close and I really love him and feel he defined my development.
@@thessaloniki9653 Thank you for sharing your experience with the films and process of Angelopoulos. He truly is one of the defining filmmakers of the past half century and one of my personal favourites. A hugely influential and remarkable artist.
Great! I need to watch more Angelopoulos.
It is well worth it, my friend.
Great video, I learned many things about angelopoulos that I didn't know. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Hey Mahmoud, I'm glad you have learned about Angelopoulos through this video. Angelos is a very knowledgeable man with much insight to offer about the Greek director's work. Cheers.
Thank you so much to make those videos, hope there would be more in the future :)
I'm very happy that you appreciated it, Uris. There will certainly be more coming in the future, a couple already planned.
Great one
Cheers, Greco!
Once again, thank you.
You are very welcome.
Thank you for this great video, it's hard to find anything about the great Greek filmmaster
No worries, my friend.
I also happen to have a Melancholia poster on my wall. Great conversation
What a coincidence! Cheers, glad you've enjoyed it.
Question: Have you seen Burning by Lee Chang-Dong? Very interesting film
Yes I have and I quite enjoyed it. To be addressed in the future...
@@PlanSéquenceFilmArt that'd be great!
I would argue that Angelopoulos's work is not that great artistically speaking, regardless of the sensibilities of current social standing or preference among people. It would be great if people gathered for discussions to discover that most films are actually quite average instead of praising social themes as an integral part of cinema.
It's an opinion, which you are naturally entitled to, and for which, on my part, you will find nothing but respect, even though I disagree with it. Cheers.
@@PlanSéquenceFilmArt Thank you for your gentleness my friend. I am, however advocating for a debate where personal opinions have no value since i firmly believe that subjectivity is not of use in such discussions. It may seem as an opinion now since it is not presented with facts but i do hope that we might have the chance in the near future. The discussion is not solely related to Angelopoulos. Wishing you a great day!
@@dragosradudumitrescu No problem, my friend. I'm sure at some point we will have the chance to do it. Cheers.