Product Details

• Actors: Maia Morgenstern Harvey Keitel
• Directors: Theo Angelopoulos
• Format: Import, Widescreen, PAL, Subtitled, Dolby
• Subtitles: Spanish
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000NUYRHY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #439,442 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A Greek filmmaker returning home after 35 years travels across the Balkans of the 90s searching for a short film, his journey echoing that of Ulysses. Among the characters he encounters are several incarnations of the same woman, whom he loves and loses, again and again. A magical, masterly and stately film.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flawed, difficult, but brilliant, December 20, 2010

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This review is from: Ulysses' Gaze ( To Vlemma tou Odyssea ) ( Lo Sguardo di Ulisse ) [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.4 Import - Australia ] (DVD)

On the surface, this is deeply flawed; there's some awkward dialogue, Harvey Kietel is OK, not amazing, the female characters are thin. But it's so damn full of breathtaking images, brave cinematic choices, multi-minute long shots, and a heart rending climax, that the flaws don't seem important some how. The story: A Greek film director caught in his own mid-life artistic and personal crisis goes on an odyssey to find lost footage by Greece's first filmmakers, traveling through the Balkans and revisiting his own life in the process. I can certainly understand the mixed reviews. This isn't an easy film, and if watched in the wrong mood, or without knowing what you're getting into (a slow, thoughtful 3 hour rumination on life, the past and art) could be very off-putting. But accepted on its own terms, warts and all it's an amazing odyssey; visual, emotional and thematic.

If you can, find a copy of this on the Greek 'New Star' DVD line. All those transfers were made more recently, and were personally supervised by Angelopoulos, leading to a significant image improvement. Sadly, those discs were only out a short while, and now can be very difficult to locate.