Wed April 1, 2015
The Films of Gregory J. Markopoulos Program 1 (Greece/US/Italy, 1967)
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The first film Markopoulos made after relocating to Europe, Bliss depicts a small church on the Greek island of Hydra. The elegantly spare Gammelion was filmed in and around the castle of Roccasinibalda in Italy. It is “structured by a thousand slow fades in and out of black-and-white leader . . . On the soundtrack there are snatches of Roussel, the sound of horses’ hooves over pavement, and the voice of the filmmaker reading Rilke’s lines: ‘To be loved means to be consumed. To love means to radiate with inexhaustible light. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure’” (P. Adams Sitney).
BLISS (US/Greece, 1967, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
GAMMELION (US/Italy, 1967, 54 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 60 mins
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BLISS (US/Greece, 1967, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
GAMMELION (US/Italy, 1967, 54 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 60 mins
The first film Markopoulos made after relocating to Europe, Bliss depicts a small church on the Greek island of Hydra. The elegantly spare Gammelion was filmed in and around the castle of Roccasinibalda in Italy. It is “structured by a thousand slow fades in and out of black-and-white leader . . . On the soundtrack there are snatches of Roussel, the sound of horses’ hooves over pavement, and the voice of the filmmaker reading Rilke’s lines: ‘To be loved means to be consumed. To love means to radiate with inexhaustible light. To be loved is to pass away, to love is to endure’” (P. Adams Sitney).
BLISS (US/Greece, 1967, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
GAMMELION (US/Italy, 1967, 54 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 60 mins
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BLISS (US/Greece, 1967, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
GAMMELION (US/Italy, 1967, 54 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 60 mins
show less
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PFA Theater
2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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