The Films of Gregory J. Markopoulos: Program 2

The Films of Gregory J. Markopoulos: Program 2

Gregory J. Markopoulos, Sorrows, 1969, 6 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, The Mysteries, 1968, 64 min
Gregory J. Markopoulos, Political Portraits, 1969, 12 min (excerpt)
Introduced by Mark Webber

Edited entirely in camera, Sorrows was filmed at the house in Switzerland that King Ludwig of Bavaria built for Richard Wagner and his family. “The Mysteries is a mournful work in which . . . the rhythmic repetition of images evokes poetic speech, and changes in costume emphasize shifts in time, space, and emotion. Here a young man’s struggles with memories of love and intimations of death are set alternatively to deafening silence and the music of Wagner” (Kristin M. Jones). Of the three-minute portrayals in Political Portraits, Markopoulos said, “I call them political portraits in the Greek sense, daily living.”