Theo Angelopoulos RIP

Well, how’s that for bad-timing. I’ve been aware of the name of Theo Angelopoulos for years now and a new interview with possibly the worlds most famous Greek film-maker in this months Sight & Sound simultaneously celebrated the delayed DVD release of his most recent project along with the UK release of a second volume of retrospective films. I’m quietly ashamed to admit I’ve not seen a single one of his movies and anxious as I am to expand my cinematic horizons I swiftly added these into my lovefilm queue, then todays bad news. I’m clutching at straws here but here’s an intriguing clip from his work;

When in the mood I can hugely admire and enjoy most of the so-called ‘slow cinema‘ movements meanderings and as this guy was one of the earliest practitioners of the style this could be a veritable treasure trove of material. Unfortunately it looks as if this tragic accident leaves a final film uncompleted, always a blow to the art-form, especially when it was the concluding piece to a trilogy. Some slightly more detailed coverage here.