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directed by Athina Rachel Tsangari
Greece 2010
Marina (Ariane Labed, ALPS)
lives a solitary existence with her terminally-ill architect
father Spyros (Vangelis Mourikis, RUNNING ON EMPTY),
who wants to be cremated even though the Greek Orthodox
church forbids it. Marina's sexual development has been
understandably stunted by her closeness to her father - with
whom she watches the Greek-subtitled nature documentaries
hosted and narrated by Sir David Attenborough (Marina's
mispronunciation of his surname being the origin of the
film's title) - but Spyros has also realized that his modern
cynicism has left his daughter bereft of any way to
meaningfully relate to other people and to cope with his
absence. Marina's only friend is the predatory Bella (Evangelia
Randou, KINETTA), whose more practical demonstrations
of physical intimacy do little to enthuse Marina towards
human contact ("it's like a slug in my mouth"). A
distraction from planning her father's funeral arrangements
comes in the form of an engineer (Yorgos Lanthimos,
writer/director of DOGTOOTH) who she chauffeurs
around town, and whom she has decided will take her
virginity; but will thrusting herself into "adulthood" also
allow her to cope with her father's impending death? |
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Theatrical Release: 9 December 2010 (Greece)
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DVD Review: Artificial Eye - Region 0 - PAL
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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Artificial Eye Region 0 - PAL |
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Runtime | 1:32:45 (4% PAL speedup) | |
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1.81:1 Original Aspect Ratio
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Audio | Greek Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo | |
Subtitles | English, none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Artificial Eye Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 12 |
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Artificial Eye's barely dual-layer, progressive, anamorphic check disc only features a 2.0 stereo track (and the fully animated set-up menu only allows the option to choose between watching the film with or without subtitles). The transfer suits the film's gritty-yet-antiseptic look (from the whitewashed buildings to the hospital corridors, even would-be picturesque exteriors have a muted look). The stereo track only really comes to life during musical passages, and the optional English subtitles seem to capture the wordplay well (including several bits of rhyming wordplay and translated song lyrics). Director Tsangari appears in an amusing 15 minute English-language interview (she was raised in America). She discusses the film as an exploration of the father-daughter relationships, which go back to Greek tragedies but are under-developed in cinema (outside of melodramas about incest). She is amused to reach the conclusion (with the help of the interviewer) that the film is about the coming of age of a sixty year old man. A trailer is the only other extra. |
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