Thu April 2, 2015
The Films of Gregory J. Markopoulos Program 2 (Greece/US/Italy, 1967)
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Edited entirely in camera, Sorrows was filmed at the house in Switzerland that King Ludwig of Bavaria built for Richard Wagner and his family. “The Mysteries is a mournful work in which . . . the rhythmic repetition of images evokes poetic speech, and changes in costume emphasize shifts in time, space, and emotion. Here a young man’s struggles with memories of love and intimations of death are set alternatively to deafening silence and the music of Wagner” (Kristin M. Jones). Of the three-minute portrayals in Political Portraits, Markopoulos said, “I call them political portraits in the Greek sense, daily living.”
SORROWS (US/Switzerland, 1969, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
THE MYSTERIES (US/Germany, 1968, With Friedhelm Krey, 64 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
POLITICAL PORTRAITS (US/Switzerland/Italy, 1969, With Ulrich Herzog, Marcia Haydee, Rudolf Nureyev, Giorgio de Chirico, 12 mins (excerpt), Silent, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 82 mins
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SORROWS (US/Switzerland, 1969, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
THE MYSTERIES (US/Germany, 1968, With Friedhelm Krey, 64 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
POLITICAL PORTRAITS (US/Switzerland/Italy, 1969, With Ulrich Herzog, Marcia Haydee, Rudolf Nureyev, Giorgio de Chirico, 12 mins (excerpt), Silent, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 82 mins
Edited entirely in camera, Sorrows was filmed at the house in Switzerland that King Ludwig of Bavaria built for Richard Wagner and his family. “The Mysteries is a mournful work in which . . . the rhythmic repetition of images evokes poetic speech, and changes in costume emphasize shifts in time, space, and emotion. Here a young man’s struggles with memories of love and intimations of death are set alternatively to deafening silence and the music of Wagner” (Kristin M. Jones). Of the three-minute portrayals in Political Portraits, Markopoulos said, “I call them political portraits in the Greek sense, daily living.”
SORROWS (US/Switzerland, 1969, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
THE MYSTERIES (US/Germany, 1968, With Friedhelm Krey, 64 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
POLITICAL PORTRAITS (US/Switzerland/Italy, 1969, With Ulrich Herzog, Marcia Haydee, Rudolf Nureyev, Giorgio de Chirico, 12 mins (excerpt), Silent, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 82 mins
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SORROWS (US/Switzerland, 1969, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
THE MYSTERIES (US/Germany, 1968, With Friedhelm Krey, 64 mins, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
POLITICAL PORTRAITS (US/Switzerland/Italy, 1969, With Ulrich Herzog, Marcia Haydee, Rudolf Nureyev, Giorgio de Chirico, 12 mins (excerpt), Silent, Color, 16mm, From Temenos Archive)
Total running time: 82 mins
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2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
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