TagArgyris Papadimitropoulos

Comedy, Drama, Jerusalem 2016, Romance

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Suntan – Jerusalem 33

Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ third feature film is a bleak and bittersweet cul-de-sac set under the glaring Aegean sun.

REVIEWS

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Sobytie (The Event) – Tallinn 19 Docs

Sergei Loznitsa investigates the events that took place in Leningrad, after a failed coup d’état and marked Soviet Union's end, by creating a grainy prequel of his previous doc, Maidan.

Žert (The Joke, 1968)

Possibly the most shattering indictment of totalitarianism to come out of a Communist country - Amos Vogel

Kaigenrei (Coup D’État, 1973)

The third and final film of Yoshishige Yoshida's political trilogy that marked the Japanese New Wave.

A Quintet – Friend Request – Sarajevo 20

Friend Request is trying to deal in the most detached way with the unsolved and crucial problems that the Middle East faces.

QUOTES

There has always been violence in art

There has always been violence in art and many psychiatrists believe that it serves as a catharsis rather than a model.

Pasolini e gli italiani

Intelligence will never have much value in the collective judgment of this public's opinion.

Jacques Rivette: Should filmmakers see movies?

The fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.

How to make a bed

Films teach you how to live, how to make a bed.

Soft and Hard (1986)

I've always been drawn to films made by people that don't see movies, but we have the sensation that they value films.