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Theodoros Angelopoulos (Θόδωρος Αγγελόπουλος in Greek) (born April 27, 1936) is a noted Greek film director. Image File history File links source: http://www. ... Image File history File links source: http://www. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...

He studied law in Athens but after military service he went to Paris to attend the Sorbonne. He soon dropped out to study film at the IDHEC before returning to Greece. Back home he worked as a journalist and film critic until the coup. The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The Sorbonne today, from the same point of view The Sorbonne is frequently used in ordinary parlance as synonymous with the faculty of theology of Paris or the University of Paris in its entirety. ... Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films. ... George Papadopoulos Greek Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος, Georgios Papadopoulos, (May 5, 1919 – June 27, 1999) was the head of the military coup détat that took place in Greece on April 21, 1967 and leader of the military regime that ruled the country during the period 1967 - 1974. ...

He made his first short film in 1968 and went on in the 1970s to make feature films concerned with modern Greece - Meres Tou 36, O Thiassos and I Kynighoi. He quickly established a characteristic style, marked by slow, episodic and ambiguous structure and long, "sequence shot" takes. He moved into less political works after the end of the dictatorship, gaining Italian funding. Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... The 1970s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1970 and 1979. ...

His distinct visual style is characterised by very slow, long, meticulous takes. The Travelling Players for example, consists of around 80 shots in about four hours of film.

His collaborators include the cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis, and the composer Eleni Karaindrou. Karaindrou's soundtracks are available from ECM records. Cinematographer Bruno Delbonnel, AFC, meters Audrey Tautou on the set of A Very Long Engagement. ... Eleni Karaindrou Greek Composer Eleni Karaindrou was born in Teichio. ... ECM is an abbreviation of: Electret condenser microphone Electro chemical machining Electronic countermeasures Electronic control module Elliptic curve method (integer factorization) Enterprise content management Error correction mode (fax protocol) Extracellular matrix See also: ECM (record label) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might...

The film critic David Thomson counted Angelopoulos as one of the world's greatest living directors in his 1994 Biographical Dictionary of Film. David Thomson is a noted film critic, and author of the lauded New Biographical Dictionary of Film. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...

Awards

• O Megalexandros won the Golden Lion at the 1980 Venice Film Festival
• Topio stin Omichli (Landscape In The Mist) shared the Silver Lion at Venice in 1988.
• To Vlemma tou Odyssea (Ulysses's Gaze) won the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes in 1995. Disappointed at not winning the Palme d'Or that year, he told his audience "If this is what you have to give me, I have nothing to say" before storming off the stage.
• Mia aiwniothta kai mia mera (Eternity and a Day) won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 1998.
• Trilogia - To livadi pou dakryzei (Trilogy - The Weeping Meadow) won the European Film Academy Critics Award 2004 - Prix FIPRESCI in 2004.

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Filmography

• Broadcast (I Ekpombi) (1968)
• Reconstruction (Anaparastasis) (1970)
• Days of 36 (Meres tou 36) (1972)
• The Travelling Players (O Thiassos) (1975)
• The Huntsmen (I Kinighi) (1977)
• Alexander the Great (O Megalexandros) (1980)
• Athens (Athina, epistrofi stin Akropoli) (1983)
• Voyage to Cythera (Taxidi stin Kythera) (1984)
• The Beekeeper (O Melissokomos) (1986)
• Landscape in the Mist (Topio stin Omichli) (1988)
• The Suspended Step of the Stork (To Meteoro Vima tou Pelargou) (1991)
• Ulysses' Gaze (To Vlemma tou Odyssea) (1995)
• Eternity and a Day (Mia aiwniothta kai mia mera) (1998)
• Trilogy: The Weeping Meadow (Trilogia I: To Livadi pou dakryzei) (2004)
• Trilogy: The Third Wing (Projected English title)
• Trilogy: The Eternal Return (Projected English title)

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External links

• Theo Angelopoulos at the Internet Movie Database
• Senses of Cinema: Great Directors Critical Database
• Theo Angelopoulos Internet Library.
• Musicolog entry.
• Interview with the British Film Institute (November 2003).