Landscape in the Mist

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miltonsquirrel This landscape is as dreamlike as it is ordinary, life-affirming as it is tragic. A hypnotic but brutally realistic vision of the modern world and two undeterred children who try to make the most of it. In Greek with English subtitles. Americans seldom make movies this honest or beautiful. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review William L Two very drawn-out, desolate hours feel like wading through tar as Angelopoulos depicts coming-of-age as the bitter loss of innocence. Young siblings Voula and Alexandros have latched onto a grand idea to which they attach their sense of identity and self-worth, the idea that they might one day meet their father, who "lives in Germany." It's an easy concept to love; when someone is known to children only as a concept, there are no gaps in their teeth or wrinkles to their skin. The specifics of their absent father can shift with a whim and be just as real as anything else. The only thing that can change this image of unassailable perfection is reality. Voula and Alexandros set out to find their father, venturing into a world of which they have no knowledge and minimal direction. Their journey finds them encountering others in a similar state - desperately clinging to a reality that may or may not have a basis in reality, but which forms the only solid ground to anchor themselves to. Together they encounter hardship, and the contrast between preserving the comfort of a crafted reality (when it is placed under extreme stress) and seemingly inevitable disillusionment is the film's major conflict. Heavy on the soul-crushing tone, allegory, and beautiful cinematography, it's about as fast-paced as a quadriplegic doing an army crawl and requires a certain mood to stick with to the end, but it's another masterpiece in human behavior from Angelopoulos. (4/5) Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/16/21 Full Review Audience Member Only Angelopoulos and Eleni Karaindrou could have made it. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member tremendously beautiful... mesmerising and thought provoking Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review S R 1001 movies to see before you die. This had a good premise, but it got lost in the tedious long shots. I wish I could have watched it with 2x the speed. It would have been just as effective. It was a sad story about the harsh realities of strangers. It was on Internet Archive. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member What a poetic film! Haunting, touching, artistic. Exceptional direction, combined with magical photography and mesmerizing soundtrack, all gathered in an emotionally enchanting movie, full of metaphors. I thoroughly recommend it to philosophical movie lovers. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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