Visions of Europe is 2004 anthology film consisting of 25 short films by as many directors, each from one of the countries then member states of the European Union.[1][2] The directors include Aki Kaurismäki, Fatih Akin, Béla Tarr, and Peter Greenaway.[3][4]
Content
editAll the short films express their creator's vision of what is Europe or the European Union.[5] The Portuguese director Teresa Villaverde shows migrants arriving on the coast of Italy, in "Cold Water"[6] while the Finnish Aki Kaurismaki films the Portuguese town of Bico.[7] For Lithuania, Šarūnas Bartas directed "Children Lose Nothing",[8] a wordless romance involving two teenagers.
Each short film has an approximate duration of 5 minutes.
Reception
editVariety commented that "Offering one of his most accessible films in years, U.K. helmer Peter Greenaway lays on a witty parable in which naked people, each body-painted with a national flag, climb into a warm shower together in the same order in which each country joined the EU."[7]
References
edit- ^ "Visions of Europe". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Hathaway, Alisa. "Visions of Europe: 25 Films, 25 Directors (2004)". wordpress.com. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- ^ "VISIONS OF EUROPE (2004)". BFI. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ "Recensione Visions of Europe (2004)". Movieplayer.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Szöllösy, Raphaël (2020-11-10). "L'Europe audiovisuelleSur l'imaginaire social de Visions of Europe (2004)". Mise au point. Cahiers de l'association française des enseignants et chercheurs en cinéma et audiovisuel (in French) (13). doi:10.4000/map.4198. ISSN 2261-9623.
- ^ "Duas curtas de Teresa Villaverde no Cinemax". RTP Cinemax (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b Felperin, Leslie (2004-09-28). "Visions of Europe". Variety. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ Children Lose Nothing (2004) | MUBI, retrieved 2023-09-26
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