Sunday, November 6, 20227:00 PM (Pacific Time)
Kynighi, Greece, 1977
When a hunting party finds the body of a communist partisan perfectly preserved in the snow, they carry it back to their lakeside lodge to open a formal inquest. Representatives of the conservative elite—politicians, military officers, businessmen, media figures—who have gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve 1977, they are suddenly confronted by the horrors that put them in power. Theo Angelopoulos once compared The Hunters to Hitchcock’s The Trouble with Harry and while an absurdist streak runs through the film it’s also one of the most pointed and damning political critiques of his career.
35mm, color, in Greek with English subtitles, 168 min. Director: Theo Angelopoulos. Screenwriters: Theo Angelopoulos, Stratis Karras. With: Vangelis Kazan, Eva Kotamanidou, Giorgos Danis.
Landscapes of Time
This event is a part of
Landscapes of Time: The Films of Theo Angelopoulos, a series of screenings that includes all of Angelopoulos' feature films and a selection of shorts. The program is presented by the
UCLA Film & Television Archive and the
UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture with the collaboration of the
UCLA Center for European and Russian Studies, and under the auspices of the
Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles. Special thanks to our community partners
Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, and
South East European Film Festival Los Angeles. See the schedule for the series as a whole
here.
Venue
Billy Wilder Theater at the Hammer Museum
10899 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, Film and Television Archive, UCLA Stavros Niarchos Foundation Center for the Study of Hellenic Culture, Consulate General of Greece in Los Angeles, Los Angeles Greek Film Festival, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, South East European Film Festival Los Angeles