Theo Angelopoulos
When
15 Apr – 22 May 2016
Where
Gallery of Modern Art
About
Theo Angelopoulos (1935–2012) is widely regarded as the greatest Greek filmmaker, having crafted an epic vision of modern Greece and the Balkans through allegories of its turbulent social and political history. His films are celebrated for their poetic and elliptical style, choreographed sequences and haunting cinematography. Angelopoulos's career was marked by a number of loosely connected film cycles — a trilogy of history, trilogy of silence, trilogy of borders and unfinished trilogy of modern Greece. Each confront different social, economic and cultural legacies, including Greece's occupation and independence from Ottoman Turkey; a political history involving military dictatorship and civil war; the plight of refugees in Europe and the repercussions of the Balkan wars; Greek literature, mythology, and the director's own biography. Seen together for the first time in Australia, this retrospective highlights the work of one of the most distinct and distinguished modern filmmakers.
Alex Kondos memorial lecture
A Brief Discussion of Theo Angelopoulos Visual Poetics: Political Cinema and Existential ConcernsBy Professor Vrasidas Karalis, University of Sydney
7.30pm, Thursday 19 May 2016
Acropolis Room, Brisbane Greek Club, 29 Edmondstone Street, South Brisbane | Free
Vrasidas Karalis holds the Sir Nicholas Laurantos Chair in Modern Greek Studies and Byzantine at the University of Sydney. He has published on Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, Cornelius Castoriadis, Theo Angelopoulos, Andrey Tarkovsky, Alfred Hitchcock, European Cinema and Global Cinemas. His latest publications include A History of Greek Cinema (2012) and the forthcoming second volume Realism on Postwar Greek Cinema (I.B. Tauris 2016). He has also published two volumes of oral history, Recollections of Mr Manoly Lascaris (2007) and The Demons of Athens (2014). He has translated Patrick White's Voss (1996) and The Vivisector (2002) into Greek and many Greek poets into English, amongst them, Andreas Angelakis, Nikos Kazouros, Kiki Demoula and Odysseas Elytis.
Presented by the Greek Orthodox Community of St. George Brisbane and the Greek Film Society of Brisbane in conjunction with the Theo Angelopoulos retrospective at the Australian Cinémathèque (GOMA).
QAGOMA acknowledges the support and assistance of Phoebe Economopoulou and Theo Angelopoulos Heirs Association in realising this project. Special thanks to Stavroula Geronimaki and the Greek Film Centre for generously providing screening materials. Program curated by José Da Silva, Australian Cinémathèque.
Past
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I Skoni Tou Hronou (The Dust of Time) 2008 Ages 18+
- When 3.00 pm, Sun 22 May 2016 (125 mins)
- Where GOMA
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To Livadi Pou Dakryzei (The Weeping Meadow) 2004 Ages 18+
- When 2.00 pm, Sat 21 May 2016 (200 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Mia Aioniotita kai mia Mera (Eternity and a Day) 1998 M
- When 2.45 pm, Sun 15 May 2016 (130 mins)
- Where GOMA
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To Vlemma Tou Odissea (Ulysses' Gaze) 1995 M
- When 2.00 pm, Sat 14 May 2016 (179 mins)
- Where GOMA
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To Meteoro Vima Tou Pelargou (The Suspended Step of the Stork) 1991 Ages 18+
- When 6.00 pm, Fri 13 May 2016 (138 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Megalexandros (Alexander the Great) 1980 Ages 18+
- When 1.30 pm, Sun 8 May 2016 (210 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Topio Stin Omichli (Landscape in the Mist) 1988 Ages 18+
- When 3.00 pm, Sun 1 May 2016 (125 mins)
- Where GOMA
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O Melissokomos (The Beekeeper) 1986 Ages 18+
- When 12.30 pm, Sun 1 May 2016 (120 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Taxidi Sta Kythira (Voyage to Cythera) 1984 Ages 18+
- When 2.30 pm, Sat 30 Apr 2016 (137 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Anaparastasi (Reconstruction) Ages 18+
- When 7.30 pm, Wed 20 Apr 2016 (110 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Athena, Epistrofi Stin Acropoli (Athens, Return to the Acropolis) 1983 Ages 18+
- When 6.00 pm, Wed 20 Apr 2016 (43 mins)
- Where GOMA
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I Ekpombi (The Broadcast) 1968 Ages 18+
- When 6.00 pm, Wed 20 Apr 2016 (23 mins)
- Where GOMA
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I Kynighi (The Hunters) 1977 Ages 18+
- When 2.00 pm, Sun 17 Apr 2016 (165 mins)
- Where GOMA
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O Thiassos (The Travelling Players) 1974 Ages 18+
- When 1.00 pm, Sat 16 Apr 2016 (230 mins)
- Where GOMA
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Meres Tou ’36 (Days of 36) 1972 Ages 18+
- When 6.00 pm, Fri 15 Apr 2016 (100 mins)
- Where GOMA