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You must see the film "World Traveller"
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From: "Zhang Jia Jun" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Odyssey in Film


> Ayse wrote,
> <<Surely you will have many good films to suggest me on the theme of
> journey-exile-encounters in a strange land-and return home.. I'm looking
for
> something that can be laid in parallel to the discussions of the good old
> Homer's Odyssey. Not necessarily a sea voyage that I'm seeking.
> In fact, the less aparent the link between the film and Homer's text, the
> better . I just want to convey the issues of home, jorney, identity and
> strangeness out to
> a dissimilar context. >>
>
> Ayse, try the Canadian film adaptation of the novel by Rohinton Mistry, "A
> Long Day's Journey into Night". I highly recommend the films of Theos
> Angelopoulos, which deal a lot with the links between identity, journey,
and
> strangeness, especially "Landscape in the Mist"(a film about a boy
searching
> for his father), "Ulysses' Gaze"(a Balkan director collecting strips of
> films about Balkan women's weaving habits and such), and "Eternity and a
> Day"(a man's coping with the fact he has to die within one day through a
> strange journey). In a way, even Ingmar Bergman's "Wild Strawberries"
about
> its protagonist( a disgruntled old man who suffers an estranged
relationship
> with his son and daughter-in-law) who undertakes a journey to the
> countryside to visit the places which shaped his temperament, also fits
into
> the bill of what you are looking for. Hope this helps you.
>
> Kevin