Theo Angelopoulos
Theo Angelopoulos was born in Athens (Greece) in 1935 and died in an accident in Piraeus in 2012. He studied law in Greece and literature and cinema at the Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies (IDHEC) in Paris. Between 1964 and 1967 he devoted his time to film criticism in his country and in 1968 he began his own filmography, which was to be considered as one of the most emblematic representations of European auteur cinema.
Programme
L’UNIVERS CINEMATOGRAPHIQUE DE
THEO ANGELOPOULOS
From June 13th to 15th, 2000
Day 13
11 h. Comment est née l’idée d’un film
16 h. Film: Viatge a Kythera
Day 14
11 h. Reconstitution, histoire et mythe
16 h. Film: El pas suspès de la cigonya
Day 15
11 h. Link to a file Frontières, le royaume et l’exil
16 h. Film: La eternidad y un día
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Publication
Theo Angelopoulos’s sessions were published at Documenta Universitaria in 2008.
Other activities
Screenings of the films programmed on the afternoon of the seminar were made at the Cinemes Catalunya, followed by a talk. On Thursday, June 15, at 10.30 pm, Theo Angelopoulos presented the screening of his latest film, La eternidad y un día, at the Cinemes Catalunya, in an open session to the general public.
Also, and in preparation for Theo Angelopoulos’s visit, the screening of two films was organized, with subsequent discussions:
Day 8, at 7 pm, in the Mercadal Building:
Film: Viatge dels comediants
Day 9, at 7pm, in the Mercadal Building:
Film: Paisatge a la boira
The subsequent talks were led by Àngel Quintana and Pere Alberó.
Invited specialists
By indication of Theo Angelopoulos, the below mentioned were also invited to participate: Mrs. Irini Stathi (Athens) and Sylvie Rollet (Paris).
Post-film discussions were moderated by film critics Àngel Quintana and Pere Alberó.
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