Ulysses' Gaze
Το βλέμμα του Οδυσσέα
(1995)
"A," a Greek filmmaker living in exile in the United States, returns to his native Ptolemas to attend a special screening of one of his extremely controversial films. But A's real interest lies elsewhere--the mythical reels of the very first film shot by the Manakia brothers, who, at the dawn of the age of cinema, tirelessly criss-crossed the Balkans and, without regard for national and ethnic strife, recorded the region's history and customs. Did these primitive, never-developed images really exist?
15 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
An old assistant (Thanos Grammenos) to the Manaki brothers tells A (Harvey Keitel) about a three lost film reels.
Duration: 00:04:05
Timestamp: 00:00:07
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
A Controversial Screening
A (Harvey Keitel) attends a screening of one of his old films that stirs controversy in the small Greek town it is playing in.
Duration: 00:11:13
Timestamp: 00:06:07
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The End of Our Cinema
A (Harvey Keitel) visits Monastir, where the Manaki brothers set up their first cinema.
Duration: 00:04:29
Timestamp: 00:29:53
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Blank Negative Pictures
A (Harvey Keitel) meets Kali (Maia Morgenstern) on the train to Skopje.
Duration: 00:09:33
Timestamp: 00:34:28
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
I Don't Understand
A (Harvey Keitel) and Kali (Maia Morgenstern) are escorted off the train at the Bulgarian border.
Duration: 00:08:53
Timestamp: 00:44:00
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Bucharest
A (Harvey Keitel) and Kali (Maia Morgenstern) arrive in Romania, and A addresses a woman as his mother (Mania Papadimitriou).
Duration: 00:04:15
Timestamp: 00:52:47
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Happy New Year
A (Harvey Keitel) celebrates many New Year's with his family, including his "mother" (Mania Papadimitriou) and his "father" (Giorgos Konstas).
Duration: 00:10:16
Timestamp: 00:57:01
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Head
A (Harvey Keitel) leaves Kali (Maia Morgenstern) and boards a barge carrying a statue of Lenin.
Duration: 00:07:36
Timestamp: 01:08:57
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Balkan Hospitality
A (Harvey Keitel) and his friend Nikos (Giorgos Mihalakopoulos) meet with the man formerly in charge of the Belgrade Film Archive (Ljuba Tadic).
Duration: 00:02:33
Timestamp: 01:28:37
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Vaniushka
A (Harvey Keitel) awakes naked in a widow's (Maia Morgenstern) ruined house.
Duration: 00:08:19
Timestamp: 01:44:43
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Is This Sarajevo?
A (Harvey Keitel) arrives to a besieged Sarajevo.
Duration: 00:06:49
Timestamp: 01:52:59
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Ivo Levy
A (Harvey Keitel) meets Ivo Levy (Erland Josephson), the film archivist who worked on the three Malaki brothers reels.
Duration: 00:06:37
Timestamp: 01:59:43
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Developed Reels
Ivo (Erland Josephson) and A (Harvey Keitel) celebrate over successfully developing the three Malaki reels.
Duration: 00:03:49
Timestamp: 02:19:49
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Fog
The denizens of Sarajevo rejoice in the fog. A (Harvey Keitel) dances with Naomi (Maia Morgenstern), Ivo's daughter.
Duration: 00:11:24
Timestamp: 02:23:32
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
Ivo (Erland Josephson), Naomi (Maia Morgenstern), and the rest of the Levy family are massacred. A (Harvey Keitel) watches the completed Manaki brothers film.
Duration: 00:11:44
Timestamp: 02:32:56
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza