Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18249 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-11-29
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: Greek
• Subtitled in: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 126 minutes

Customer Reviews

Landscape in the Mist--The DVD version.
I have been waiting for years for this extraordinary, beautiful film to come out on DVD. The film itself easily rates five stars, or more. But, sadly, not this DVD. The old New Yorker video was woefully inadequate. Unfortunately, New Yorker seems to have done nothing more than transfer the video onto DVD. The ratios are clearly off and the picture quality is very poor. Even the subtitles are ugly. There are no extras worth mentioning (scene selection, if you want to count that.) This is a travesty against one of the greatest cinematic artists of our time. Criterion, are you listening???

Since there are no other available forms, by all means watch the DVD or the video. Just be aware that you are not seeing the work as it was intended by the artist, Theo Angelopoulos--alas, better a poor copy than nothing at all. But hopefully, when Artificial Eye in the UK finally gets around to bringing out their version, they will do more justice to the film.

This movie is easily the greatest movie I have ever seen.
It is hard to explain why I like this movie so much. I think the best way to describe it is that it speaks to my soul, more than any other movie. The film operates on many levels (see Robert Horton's excellent books on Angelopoulos to explore further) such as Greek mythology, modern Greek history, the issues of borders, innocence and growing up, male role models, etc. However, the real power of the movie, I feel, lies in its ability to transport you to a place where the hidden truths of life, those truths that lie under the surface of our every day existence, are openly displayed and heartbreakingly rendered on screen. I think many independent film fans, especially in the US look for films that are realistic. This film is not realistic in the traditional sense, but it arrives at the core of our existence in a poetic way, and in a way that many people mistake for pretentiousness, false symbolism, and unnecessary artiness. The movie speaks volumes to me, and I hope it does to you too.

Landscape in the Mist - The other DVD version
I agree with a previous reviewer that the transfer of the film on this DVD is an abomination.
The greek company NewStar is releasing (authorized by Angelopoulos) excellent transfers of
his films, including Landscape in the Mist, with english subtitles.