A scene from the feature film Black Field (Mavro Livadi) by Vardis Marinakis
Variety review of Mavro Livadi (Black Field)
By Andrew Barker
Possibly the most polished and best-financed entry in the recent influx of Greek festival product, "Black Field" is a woozy, enigmatic period piece that should raise eyebrows as well as the profile of its first-time auteur, Vardis Marinakis, who exhibits a sense of pacing and tonal control that serves him well even when his discretion lets him down. Dealing as it does with graphic sexual confusion, religious self-loathing and ethnic identity issues, pic might ruffle some feathers in a wide Hellenic/Balkan release, though festival play ought to be forthcoming.
Framed in deceptively epic terms while actually focusing on a slender file of characters and locations, Marinakis' film (prominently stamped with d.p. Marcus Waterloo's dreamlike visual touch) seems to take place during the sort of vaguely defined distant past of fairy tales and legends. Yet it…
A scene from the feature film Black Field (Mavro Livadi) by Vardis Marinakis
Variety review of Mavro Livadi (Black Field)
By Andrew Barker
Possibly the most polished and best-financed entry in the recent influx of Greek festival product, "Black Field" is a woozy, enigmatic period piece that should raise eyebrows as well as the profile of its first-time auteur, Vardis Marinakis, who exhibits a sense of pacing and tonal control that serves him well even when his discretion lets him down. Dealing as it does with graphic sexual confusion, religious self-loathing and ethnic identity issues, pic might ruffle some feathers in a wide Hellenic/Balkan release, though festival play ought to be forthcoming.
Framed in deceptively epic terms while actually focusing on a slender file of characters and locations, Marinakis' film (prominently stamped with d.p. Marcus Waterloo's dreamlike visual touch) seems to take place during the sort of vaguely defined distant past of fairy tales and legends. Yet it…
Demo trailer of the greek feature film "Black field" directed by Vardis Marinakis.
official site www.blackfield.gr
Variety review of Mavro Livadi (Black Field)
By Andrew Barker
Possibly the most polished and best-financed entry in the recent influx of Greek festival product, "Black Field" is a woozy, enigmatic period piece that should raise eyebrows as well as the profile of its first-time auteur, Vardis Marinakis, who exhibits a sense of pacing and tonal control that serves him well even when his discretion lets him down. Dealing as it does with graphic sexual confusion, religious self-loathing and ethnic identity issues, pic might ruffle some feathers in a wide Hellenic/Balkan release, though festival play ought to be forthcoming.
Framed in deceptively epic terms while actually focusing on a slender file of characters and locations, Marinakis' film (prominently stamped with d.p. Marcus Waterloo's dreamlike visual touch) seems to take place during the sort of vaguely defined distant…
A scene from the feature film Black Field (Mavro Livadi) by Vardis Marinakis
Variety review of Mavro Livadi (Black Field)
By Andrew Barker
Possibly the most polished and best-financed entry in the recent influx of Greek festival product, "Black Field" is a woozy, enigmatic period piece that should raise eyebrows as well as the profile of its first-time auteur, Vardis Marinakis, who exhibits a sense of pacing and tonal control that serves him well even when his discretion lets him down. Dealing as it does with graphic sexual confusion, religious self-loathing and ethnic identity issues, pic might ruffle some feathers in a wide Hellenic/Balkan release, though festival play ought to be forthcoming.
Framed in deceptively epic terms while actually focusing on a slender file of characters and locations, Marinakis' film (prominently stamped with d.p. Marcus Waterloo's dreamlike visual touch) seems to take place during the sort of vaguely defined distant past of fairy tales and legends. Yet it…
Hello, Ive been trying to find this film everywhere.. Is there any link available to watch it please? Or a website to buy the DVD from?
thanks. Much to say about the trailer and opening sequence, words can't describe.
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