Artificial Eye presents their third volume of films of Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, including exclusive releases of ULYSSES' GAZE and ETERNITY AND A DAY. The set also features the first two entries in his trilogy THE WEEPING MEADOW and THE DUST OF TIME (the third film THE OTHER SEA remains unfinished due to his untimely death during production). In ULYSSES' GAZE, a filmmaker (Harvey Keitel) crosses war-torn Yugoslavia in search of three undeveloped reels from a pair of Greek filmmakers working at the turn of the century. In ETERNITY AND A DAY, a dying poet (Bruno Ganz) relives his past while trying to get an Albanian boy back across the border. In THE WEEPING MEADOW, refugeees Alex and Eleni grow up together and fall in love just as the coming war threatens their happiness. Finally, in his last film THE DUST OF TIME, another filmmaker (Willem Dafoe) making a film about his mother's attempt to reconnect with her exiled husband. Irene Jacob, Michel Piccoli, and Bruno Ganz also star.
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THE THEO ANGELOPOULOS COLLECTION VOLUME III DVD specs:
- Four disc set
- 16:9 anamorphic 1.78:1 widescreen presentations of ULYSSES' GAZE, ETERNITY AND A DAY, THE WEEPING MEADOW, and THE DUST OF TIME
- Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio (5.1 surround on THE DUST OF TIME)
- Optional English subtitles
- Theo Angelopoulos Interview (on THE WEEPING MEADOW)
- Theo Angelopoulos Filmography/Biography (on THE WEEPING MEADOW)
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