Filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos Dies In Accident

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By Andrew
#4249
Theo Angelopoulos has died in a road accident while working on his latest film.

This would have been the last film in the Trilogy he had been working on, which would have focused heavily on the present day problems of Greece. Angelopoulos was considered by British film critics Derek Malcolm and David Thomson to be one of the world's greatest directors. His brilliant work has been described as cinematographic poetry. No one could compose visuals more fluently than Angelopoulos.

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There are sequences in Angelopoulos' films which are simply breathtaking. Sequences shot in a single shot, which other great directors would take 100 shots to execute with a fraction of the beauty. There's little in cinema more joyous than Angelopoulos' compositions.



He will be dearly missed.

More reading:
Official Site
The Guardian
Wikipedia
#4295
The world has just lost one of its greatest filmmakers ever........It is a great loss, not only for the Greek nation, but for the entire humanity too....

What he has done, which means all his memorable films, are and will certainly constitute a heritage for our society, which will always have THEODORI ANGELOPOULO IN ITS HEART...................
#4298
A great loss indeed!!!