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  • Visit Greece (1970)
  • Short | 25 min | Documentary, Short
Visit Greece (1970)
Short | 25 min | Documentary, Short
Through the exclusive use of newsreels from Soviet archives, Fotos Lambrinos embarks on a historical retrospective, spanning from the dictatorship of Metaxas (1936-1941) to the Junta (1967-1974), in one of the most idiosyncratic "documents...See moreThrough the exclusive use of newsreels from Soviet archives, Fotos Lambrinos embarks on a historical retrospective, spanning from the dictatorship of Metaxas (1936-1941) to the Junta (1967-1974), in one of the most idiosyncratic "documents" of Greek cinema. This is not a historical film in the strict or even the broad sense of the term. Rather, Visit Greece - its title dripping with irony - is a bold satire that verges on an oblique, experimental ethnography. The film comments on and ridicules some of the most tragic moments in Greece's recent history, as various "tourists" arrive - uninvited and, more often than not, armed - to impose a regime of their choosing. At the close of the 1960s, in the midst of the Colonels' dictatorship, Lambrinos leaves his mark on the reinterpretation of Greek-related newsreels, a field to which he dedicated a significant part of his work in collection and archiving. The film delivers a timeless message of resistance, addressing a hospitable country that has paid, and continues to pay, the price of exploitative tourism-driven development. Written by Thessaloniki Documentary Festival See less
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Director
Fotos Lambrinos
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Fotos Lambrinos
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Ala Chukalova
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1970 (Greece)

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