Euridice BA 2037 explained

Euridice BA 2037
Native Name:Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037
Director:Nikos Nikolaidis
Producer:Nikos Nikolaidis
Vadim Glowna
Vera Tschechowa
Starring:Vera Tschechowa
John Moore
Niki Triantafillidi
Manolis Logiadis
Cinematography:Giorgos Panousopoulos
Editing:Giorgos Triandafyllou
Music:Antonio Vivaldi
Frédéric Chopin
Dinah Shore
Studio:Atossa Film Produktion GmbH
Marni Film
Runtime:96 minutes
Country:Greece
West Germany
Language:Greek

Euridice BA 2037 (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Ευριδίκη ΒΑ 2037) is a 1975 Greek-West German co-production black and white dramatic surrealist underground film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis, his debut feature film.[1]

Plot

Partially based on Greek mythology, the film centers on Eurydice as she waits for her lover Orpheus to save her from Hades. While waiting for her rescue from the underworld, she faces her fears, desires, hallucinations, and memories.

Cast

Reception

Accolades

Despite a lukewarm reaction by viewers, critics appreciated the innovative perspective on the classic Greek tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice and noted the originality of Nikolaidis' artistic techniques. It is characteristic that Nikolaidis himself believed Euridice BA 2037 to be his best film.[2]

André Z. Labarrére and Olivier Labarrére, authors of Atlas du cinéma, wrote that the film was one of the "New Greek Cinema" films that "radically transformed the panorama."[3]

For this film, Nikolaidis won the Best New Director Award, the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award, as well as the Athens Film Critics Association Best Picture Award at the Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in September 1975, where Marie-Louise Bartholomew, who was involved in the production of the film, also won the Best Set Designer Award, and Andreas Andreadakis, who was involved in the editing of the film, also won the Best Editor Award.[4] [5]

Further reading

External links

Notes and References

  1. Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Nummer 67–79, 1975, S. 84. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht ; Gesek, Ludwig (Mai 1975). In Filmkunst: Zeitschrift für Filmkultur und Filmwissenschaft, Nummer 67/68, S. 6. Wien: Österreichische Gesellschaft für Filmwissenschaft, Bundesministerium für Unterricht.
  2. Web site: Nikolaidis Nikos. That's Greece: Culture, Performing Arts, Cinema. 5 December 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141012125800/http://www.thatsgreece.com/info/culture-performing-arts-cinema-Nikos-Nikolaidis. 12 October 2014.
  3. Labarrére, André Z., y Labarrére, Olivier (2009). Atlas del cine (Título original: Atlas du cinéma. Paris: Librairie Générale Française, 2002). Madrid: Ediciones Akal. p. 275. .
  4. Web site: http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=971&year=1975. el:Γενικά 1975: 16ο Φεστιβάλ Ελληνικού Κινηματογράφου. Διεθνές Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου Θεσσαλονίκης (Πληροφορίες: Βραβεία). 5 December 2014. el. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025615/http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=971&year=1975. 4 March 2016. dead.
  5. Schuster, Mel (1979). The Contemporary Greek Cinema. Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press. p. 324. .