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Miles 2022-04-19 09:02:45
Finding the innocence of the first gaze
After watching Angelopoulos' "The Gaze of Ulysses" last night, the shock and emotion in my heart could not dissipate for a long time.
The nearly three-hour film follows an American director A's arduous journey to find footage for his first film in Greece. His journey began in Greece, into the...
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Vivianne 2022-04-19 09:02:45
Ulysses, the returning wandering hero
Half of my love for Greece comes from Angel. Angel extended his love of Greece to the Balkans. It's another road movie, and it's An Zhe's signature long shot, a symbolic man-made spectacle. Ulysses's gaze clues are three reels of film connecting the historical misery of Greeks and natives in...
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A: I didn't expect to see you suddenly, I guess... For a moment, I thought I was dreaming of you... Like I did all these past years... Do you remember the railway station?... You were shivering in the rain, like now... The wind was blowing hard... I was going away, but I meant to come back soon... And then I got lost, wandering along strange routes... If I could stretch out my hands, I would touch you... And time will be held again... But something is holding me back... I wish I could tell you I'd return... But something is holding me back... The journey isn't over, not yet!
