1995 · drama · greek
Ulysses' Gaze
Directed by Theo Angelopoulos2h 49m1995
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Our read: Ulysses' Gaze (1995) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, inventive drama · greek entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, measured drama / greek, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- signature
Watching Ulysses' Gaze tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Ulysses' Gaze feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a hypnotic Balkan odyssey through war memory and cinema's birth.”
Skip it tonight — Skip if nearly three hours of slow Angelopoulos drift will defeat you tonight.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Ulysses' Gaze, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →