Money, A Mythology of Darkness explained

Money, a Mythology of Darkness
Native Name:	Το χρήμα - μια μυθολογία του σκότους (Romanization: To hrima - Mia mythologia tou Skotous)
Director:	Vassilis Mazomenos
Editing:	Petros Augerinos
Layout Artist:	Alexander Hemery
Distributor:	Horme Pictures All Media
Runtime:	70 minutes
Country:	Greece
Language:	Greek

Money, A Mythology of Darkness (Greek: Το χρήμα - Μια μυθολογία του Σκότους) is a 1998 feature Greek film directed by the Greek director, writer and producer Vassilis Mazomenos.^[1] The film is the first European 3D animation feature film and deals with the influence of wealth on humanity.^[2] In 2015, The Hindu's film critic, Naman Ramachandran, called it "[t]he Greek film that is most relevant today..."^[3]

Synopsis

A Christ-like figure explores the degeneration of society caused by the cult of wealth.

Background

It was the first European feature 3D animation film. This was Mazomenos' third feature film, however he had previously worked with computer-generated images in The Triumph of Time, although these were two-dimensional.^[4]

Reception

Vrasidas Karalis wrote in A History of Greek Cinema:^[5] Part of the film trilogy about the end of the West, that was presented and awarded in the 2001 retrospective in Fantasporto.^[6]

Awards

1998: Greek State Film Awards (Second Prize for Documentary or Animated Film Awarded to Animated Film) - Won^[7]

1999: European Fantasy Award (George Melies Award) - Nominated

1999: Fantasporto Special Jury Award - Co-winner - Won^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The profile of the Greek director - producer Vassilis Mazomenos. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916150830/https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/Presentation.presentation.0.html?no_cache=1&uid=2235. 2020-09-16. 2020-09-16. European Film Academy.
2. Novőć. Ana. Greek History Made Cinema. Greece & Servia Bilateral Trade & Regional Synegy 2016. 28 February 2016 . 39. 1451-7833. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916145959if_/https://issuu.com/cordmagazines/docs/greece_2016. 2020-09-16.
3. News: 2015-07-11. It's all Greek to me. The Hindu. live. 2020-09-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200916153609/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/naman-ramachandran-column-on-greek-cinema/article7411233.ece?secpage=true&secname=entertainment. 2020-09-16.
4. Web site: 2018-07-26. The first ever European feature film using 3D animation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200701140359/http://en.ozonweb.com/culture/film-theatre/the-first-ever-european-feature-film-using-3d-animation-2. 2020-07-01. 2020-09-16. OZON.
5. Vrasidas Karalis, A History of Greek Cinema (Continuum International, 2012), p. 257.
6. http://www.fantasporto.com/awards Fantasporto
7. Web site: Βραβεία του Διεθνούς Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου. Awards of the International Film Festival. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140105023047/http://tiff.filmfestival.gr/default.aspx?lang=el-GR&page=971&year=1998. 2014-01-05. 2020-09-16. Thessaloniki International Film Festival. el.
8. Web site: FANTASPORTO & Prémios Carreira. FANTASPORTO & Career Awards. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200216175218/http://www.fantasporto.com/premiados. 2020-02-16. 2020-09-16. Fantasporto. pt.