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Theo Angelopoulos

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Filmmaker

The Resume

    (April 27, 1935- )
    Born in Athens, Greece
    Directed 'Reconstruction' (1970), 'Days of '36' (1972), 'The Traveling Players' (1975), 'The Hunters' (1977), 'Megalexandros' (1980), 'Voyage to Cythera' (1984), 'Landscape in the Mist' (1988), 'The Suspended Step of the Stork' (1991), 'Ulysses' Gaze' (1995), 'Eternity and a Day' (1998), 'The Weeping Meadow' (2004), and 'The Dust of Time' (2008)

Why he might be annoying:

    He was expelled from film school.
    He showed himself to be a sore loser at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival when 'Ulysses' Gaze' won second prize.
    For a while, he was opposed to his films being made available on DVD, claiming the only way to see them was on the big screen.
    Some feel that his renown has prevented other Greek filmmakers from getting exposure.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Many critics and scholars revere him as one of the great filmmakers.
    His films feature long takes with meticulously choreographed scenes.
    Greek history and Greek mythology feature prominently in his work.
    He has worked with Harvey Keitel and Willem Dafoe.
    'Eternity and a Day' unanimously won the Palme d'or at Cannes in 1998.

Credit: The Unthinkable


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 8 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 25 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 163 Votes: 42.33% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 405 Votes: 38.77% Annoying