One of the very greatest film directors and a cultural giant who towered above shallow times. Following angelopoulos death in a car accident in 2012, eleni karaindrou. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the school of cinema at paris but decided instead to go back to greece. The worldwide success of ulysses gaze has shown how convincingly karaindrous themes can take on a life of their own. The films of theo angelopoulosthe most renowned greek filmmaker to dateare slow, meditative, and melancholic. With bruno ganz, isabelle renauld, fabrizio bentivoglio, achileas skevis. The beekeeper 1986 sea scene theo angelopoulos youtube. Here are his picks for sight and sounds poll 2002 the most recent film. Among them, he notices an old man and thinks he is an important greek politician who disappeared mysteriously a few years ago. Eleni karaindrou was born in the mountain village of teichio in central greece and grew up in. Eleni karaindrou has been associated with theo angelopoulos since 1982. The theo angelopoulos collection vol 1 19701977, artificial eye, 15. Greece after the russian revolution adopts an orphaned girl, eleni alexandra aidini. Eleni karaindrou eternity and a day full ost by eslam.
Music for the golden palm winning film by theo angelopoulous, writt en by eleni karaindrou, whom time magazine has hailed as greeces most eleoquent living composer. She quickly realized she was drawn into the world of music composition. Cd package includes 36page fullcolour booklet with numerous images from angelopouloss film, and a note by eleni karaindrou. Among these people are two small kids, alexis and eleni. Tr24of karaindrou tous des oiseaux eleni karaindrou, camerata orchestra 2019 classical, chamber. If youve seen the film then this soundtrack is a must. That was four years agowho knows what artificial eyes actual plans are now.
Alexandre, a tv reporter, is working for a few days in a border town, where a lot of refugees from albania, turkey and kurdistan are packed in. Eleni karaindrou and theo angelopoulos karaindrou s career started as a classic pianist. The films of theo angelopoulos 100 years of cinema. Karaindrou had a highly productive collaboration with the greek film director theo angelopoulos 19352012, a longrunning partnership charted in a sequence. There are sequences in his workthe wedding scene in the suspended step of the stork. Theodoros angelopoulos 1998 genre soundtrack comment by delaram fazeli. The beekeeper 1986 sea scene theo angelopoulos theperfectillusion. She is best known for scoring the films of the greek director theo angelopoulos karaindrou moved with her family to athens when she was eight years old, and she studied piano and theory at the hellenikon odeion hellenic. She is most famous for her long collaboration with the greek film maker theo angelopoulos greek. Theo angelopoulos 10 favourite films by kenji theo angelopoulos 10 favourite films by kenji. Eleni karaindrou the weeping meadow music for film by t. The landscapes play a vital role in theo angelopoulos films, sometimes they even become the films protagonists.
Theo angelopoulos began to study law in athens but broke up his studies to go to the sorbonne in paris in order to study literature. He makes time in its largest sense visible and through this visibility perceptible. Concert in athens isnt karaindrous first live recording. Join songkick to track eleni karaindrou and get concert alerts when they play near you. Eternity and a day film by theo angelopoulos hdtracks. Its a haunting film that i cant forget and also dont want to forget. Greek composer eleni karaindrous new album draws upon music. It stars alexandra aidini, thalia argyriou, giorgos armenis, vasilis kolovos and nikos poursanidis, and was released during the 2004 berlin international film festival, on 11 february 2004. Eleni karaindrous film scores to the movies of theo. Bruno ganz, isabelle renauld, fabrizio bentivoglio produced by theo angelopoulos, eric heumann, giorgio silvagni.
Eleni karaindrou, kim kashkashian, theo angelopoulos eleni karaindrou, kim kashkashian, theo angelopoulos ulysses gaze album 10 versions. The film won the palme dor and the prize of the ecumenical jury at the. Back in athens, he asks this politicians former wife to come and identify him. He meets a little boy on the street, who is an illegal immigrant from albania, and goes on a journey with him to take the boy home.
The films often run exceptionally longup to almost four hourswith extended shots that can last up to ten minutes without a single cut. For the past fifteen years ecm has been documenting her work on half a dozen records, including the weeping meadow ecm, 2005. Theo angelopoulos 10 favourite films movies list on. Eleni karaindrou biography, albums, streaming links. Eleni is an orphan and she is also taken care by alexis family. The story starts in 1919 with some greek refugees from odessa arriving somewhere near thessaloniki. There he worked as a journalist and critic for the newspaper demokratiki allaghi.
Famous writer alexander is very ill and has little time left to live. Also in 2010, karaindrou revisited much of her theater music for concert in athens, a live recording featuring oboist christopoulos, violist kim kashkashian, and saxophonist garbarek, as well as the composer herself. I highly recommend all of her cds, especially the soundtracks for the late theo angelopoulos movies. Eternity and a day mia aioniotita kai mia mera 1998 artificial eye uk. She moved to paris during the greek military junta in the late 1960s and early 1970s and started taking orchestration classes. Both works feature compositions for string orchestra and karaindrou. Rent theo angelopoulos movies and tv shows on dvd and blu. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Theodoros angelopoulos celebrity profile check out the latest theodoros angelopoulos photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The despair has been captured wonderfully in these works.
For more than two decades, eleni karaindrou has been composing film scores for theo angelopoulos and releasing soundtracks on ecm, including ulysses gaze 1995, with violist kim kashkashian, and music for films, where norwegian saxophonist jan garbarek performs music from the greek film directors the beekeeper 1986. With alexandra aidini, nikos poursanidis, giorgos armenis, vasilis kolovos. Theodoros angelopoulos greek film director britannica. Theo angelopoulos is a strange, solitary and uniquely modern filmmaker. Eleni karaindrou is a greek composer, born in the village of teichio in phocis, central greece, on. The suspended step of the stork 1991 directed by theo. The weeping meadow film by theo angelopoulos, an album by eleni karaindrou, eleni karaindrou ensemble on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Covering the waterfront eleni karaindrous music for films greeces film critics and music journalists have long felt that eleni karaindrous compositions for cinema transcend the soundtracks conventions.
Make your movie list and get blurays and dvds conveniently delivered to you with free shipping both ways. Landscape in the mist is a genuinely poetic but also harsh film that tackles the forced loss of innocence. Eleni karaindrou made this wonderful combination possible, that theo angelopoulos achieved what just a few in modern filmhistory did. Meanwhile, bomb, eleni s first new cinematic collaboration since the death of theo angelopoulos, has just been nominated for an apsa award for best original score. The travelling players 1975, a fourhour masterwork that established theo angelopouloss reputation. Originally part of the socalled paris group, which was at the core of reaction in the sixties against traditional cinema, he soon moved away on his own to trace a brilliant course across the cinematic firmament, carving for himself an important niche among the great. They play the strikingly beautiful eleni karaindrou score we have been hearing throughout the film. Since 1998, dvd netflix has been the premier dvdbymail rental service.
The scene obviously represents the utopia of spiritual harmony and peace which a may have found. For over twenty years, greek composer eleni karaindrou has been scoring films, most notably for director theo angelopoulos. The theo angelopoulos collection vol 1 film the guardian. Eleni karaindrous music will take your sol to heaven. Theo angelopoulos, tonino guerra, dimitris nollas b fotografia. This is the first film of theo angelopoulos trilogy. In january 2012, angelopoulos died unexpectedly, leaving the trilogy uncompleted. Colin jones finds out about eleni karaindrou, a greek film music composer. Eleni karaindrou eternity and a day full ost by eslam mohamed published on 20801t16. Eleni karaindrou discography, forum, musics, photos.
I havent seen the angelopoulos film, but listening to the music and titles of the compositions it brings me back in history to the dispair of the hellenes during the ottoman occupation and exodus from asia minor. For most of his career, the films of theodoros theo angelopoulos were as difficult to see in the englishspeaking world as the grey, fogshrouded landscapes upon which he so frequently turned his camera, victims of poor commercial distribution and perhaps a certain cultural resistance to any greek cinema that doesnt include melina mercouri taking a dip in the aegean or anthony quinn. As they walk the father and daughter separate from a and we see the family. Theodoros angelopoulos, greek filmmaker born april 27, 1935, athens, greecedied jan.