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The Stoas

The Stoas

Status

Released

Release

1997

Runtime

24m

Storyline

"In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice."

The title refers to the colonnades that led to the shady groves of the ancient Lyceum, here remembered in shots of industrial arcades, bathed in golden morning light, as quietly empty of human figures as Atget’s survey photos. The rest of the film presents luscious shots of a wooded stream and hazy glen, portrayed with the careful composition of 19th century landscape painting. An ineffable, unnameable immanence flows through the images of The Stoas, a kind of presence of the human soul expressed through the sympathetic absence of the human figure.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
24m
Oct 11, 1997
Languages
No Language
Production Countries
Greece
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