Ulysses' Gaze

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Ulysses' Gaze
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NR,2hrs 57min
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1995
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Fox Lorber
Synopsis: Winner of the Grand Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, this drama centers on the Balkan conflict as viewed through the eyes of a filmmaker named A (Harvey Keitel). Director Theo Angelopoulos wrote the screenplay, drawing from personal experiences. A is a Greek émigré director who returns to his homeland after 35 years in the U.S., ostensibly to screen his latest film, which is so controversial that it attracts religious protests. In fact, A's real purpose is to search for three reels of undeveloped ... Full Synopsis
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Ulysses' Gaze is easy to imagine as the darling of Cannes: ambitious, high-minded, artsy . . . and too ponderous for its own good. Writer-director Theo Angelopoulos' 1995 Grand Prize winner is clearly a labor of love, and what a labor. Over the course of nearly three hours, he wheels his camera (and Harvey Keitel) throughout the Balkan peninsula, capturing war-torn dilapidation and photogenic oddities ... Full Review
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