What is it like to pass from this life into the next? Amongst the dense forest of allusion that Greek director Theodoros Angelopoulos presents, this is the one that stands out for me as the over arching theme. I mentioned this to my wife after our watch and she told me that this film was the third of Angelopoulos’ ‘Trilogy of Borders’. This made perfect sense. While played as a preparation for a journey, it is in fact the journey itself. There are those who help guide us; show us the sign posts that the grownups have left. There are our loved ones who have gone before. There are our reflections on our life; our joys and our regrets.

The…

Eternity and a Day deals with both national and personal ordeals, via the vessel of a terminally ill Greek poet, whose last wish is to help a boy refugee to get home. It's a beautifully meditative journey that's both patriotically Greek, and universally heartfelt. Winner of the Palme D'or at Cannes back in '98, Eternity and a Day is for sure a formidable testament to director Theo Angelopoulos' mastery of poetic filmmaking and his own unique arthouse excellence.

With a breathtaking cinematography and impressive camera work, Eternity and a Day offers an intimate insight into both the Greek society, and the last days of a Greek artist tormented by the fear of death and regrets from the past. The plot…

''My only regret, Anna - but is it only one? - is to not have finished anything. I left all as a draft, shattered words here and there.''

Drifting in an out of reverie and memory whilst making his final day on Earth amount to something, Alexandre (Bruno Ganz in a performance for the ages) seeks to ease his cancerous passage from this life by discovering what it was that exiled him from his life, his love and his heart, even at one point questioning his ailing mother ''Why, mother, nothing happens as we wish? Why? Why does one have to rot in silence torn between pain and desire? Why did I live my life in exile. Tell me mother,…

I had awoken once on a mountainside, alone, unaware of the invariable life that preceded my presence. A writer of sorts, perhaps, yet I could only remember as much as my work had accounted: fragments of a whole that lay plastered under the dark of my eyes, exiled from the breath of humanity. They were free of judgment, for there was nothing concluded to surmise critique. Often had my obliviousness created a shame of art, yet I could not cease spilling my sentience onto the desk in my solitary.

To write was to grieve at the horrors of this life, to weep a disembodied mourn, a shriek known only to those who have seen not the hands of their mother…

“They were still here yesterday”

I have just finished watching for the first time and I have not read anything on it, but I don't care, this is one of my favorite films of all time. It is still hard for me to believe that a film this good exists. If you are reading this and have not seen it, I implore you to do so. I am sooo fucking glad I saw it. This was my first Angelopoulos and I already love him.

”It means, “Too late””

The image of people climbed up on fences, staring at the other side, is one we see more than once in Theo Angelopoulos' 1998 masterpiece, Eternity and a Day. People looking through…

Deep, but incredibly subtle. Theo Angelopoulos delivers again in this breathtakingly gorgeous theological wonder. The themes of life, family, love and belief are not so 'in your face' as many of his contemporaries, and I'd guess that's why many compare this to the later Tarkovsky films. One thing is for sure, you really need to concentrate on Eternity and a Day to get the most from it. Blink, and it will run off without you.

For those that have seen this, I'm a believer in the idea that The Child is Alexandros' version of God, but there are a few ways of looking at this I guess. I'm not going to go further into the story here, as it's fairly…

The Soviets/Russians have Tarkovsky, Hungarians have Bela Tarr, Polish people have Paweł Pawlikowski and Krzysztof Kieślowski. And of course Americans have the man itself Terrence Malick.

Another great director that does a great use of visual narrative is Theo Angelopoulos, a man where words are not so much need and images in motion are everything. Where the main story isn't so much the focus, or better said, where all the most mundane things in life are as important.

Thing is, for those who have leave in this world enough, know life is not a bubble. While we are going through something in our lives, the same goes for someone else and both of our storylines always find the way to…

What does the place where we'll all go look like?

Every once in a while, you discover a film that completely stops you in your tracks, a work of art that simply can't be dismissed. Today, it was ETERNITY AND A DAY. I had only ever heard of Theo Angelopoulos once (today), and it just so happened that I ended up watching the 1998 Palm D'or winning film. The words I am about to use will not do this film a shred of justice.

I see you smiling but you are sad.

Earlier today, I had a conversation about the importance of cinematography in regards to how it tells the story, and Eternity and a Day is no exception. Angelopoulos'…

I asked you one day: “How long will tomorrow last?” And you answered me: “Eternity and a day."

Lush. Beautiful. Magical.

Eternity and a Day follows an old man and a young boy over the course of one day as they explore change, what has happened and what lies ahead.

Directed by the esteemed Theo Angelopoulos, this 1998 Greek drama blends past with present, fantasy with reality. Bruno Ganz and Achileas Skevis have a wonderful dynamic in their portrayal of the old man and the boy.

Eternity and a Day is filled to the brim with symbolism and all sorts of allegories. The symbolism in the bus scenes alone can take hours to dissect: the political protester, the man who…

Theo Angelopoulos is a director I've been meaning to check out for almost a year now but due to how scarce his films are to find online or on DVD, I was unfortunately unable to watch any of his films. Until now. Fortunately I was able to find physical copies online a few weeks ago and they arrived today. Decided to start off with his Palme d'Or winning masterpiece, Eternity and a Day. I come from a Greek background so I knew I was about to see something special here. A beautiful heartbreaking story with beautiful atmospheric cinematography and themes. It takes a simple story of a loveable writer who is rapidly succumbing to an illness and turns it into…