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Money, A Mythology of Darkness

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Money, a Mythology of Darkness
Official Poster
Το χρήμα - μια μυθολογία του σκότους
(Romanization: To hrima - Mia mythologia tou Skotous)
Directed byVassilis Mazomenos
Written byVasilis Mazomenos
Produced by
  • Yiannis Koutsomitis
  • Vasilis Mazomenos
  • Myron Papoutsakis (Co-producer)
Narrated by
  • Yorgos Karamihos (credited as Giorgos Karamihos)
  • Efi Theodorou
Edited byPetros Augerinos
Animation by
  • Antonis Doussias (Animation director, credited as Antonis Dousias)
  • Stelios Pappas
  • Vangelis Zouboulis
Layouts byAlexander Hemery CG Artist
Production
companies
Distributed byHorme Pictures All Media
  • WW: 1998
Release date
  • 17 November 1998 (1998-11-17) (Greece)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

Money, A Mythology of Darkness (Greek: Το χρήμα - Μια μυθολογία του Σκότους) is a 1998 feature Greek film directed by the Greek director, writer and producer Vassilis Mazomenos.[1] The film is the first European 3D animation feature film and deals with the influence of wealth on humanity.[2] In 2015, The Hindu's film critic, Naman Ramachandran, called it "[t]he Greek film that is most relevant today..."[3]

Synopsis

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A scene from the first European 3D animation feature, "Money, a mythology of Darkness" .

A Christ-like figure explores the degeneration of society caused by the cult of wealth.

Background

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It was the first European feature 3D animation film. This was Mazomenos' third feature film, however he had previously worked with computer-generated images in The Triumph of Time, although these were two-dimensional.[4]

Reception

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Vrasidas Karalis wrote in A History of Greek Cinema:[5]

Vassilis Mazomenos released his mesmerizing and terrifying apocalyptic phantasmagoria Money—A mythology of Darkness (Hrima, mia mythologia tou skotous) in 1998. A visual essay on the impact of money on humanity, it is a film that deserves more attention and which proves the potential of new technologies in the creation of a new kind of cinematic language. With this film, Mazomenos created a trilogy of philosophical essays by means of visual experimentations.

— Vrasidas Karalis, A History of Greek Cinema, p. 257.

Part of the film trilogy about the end of the West, that was presented and awarded in the 2001 retrospective in Fantasporto.[6]

Awards

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1998: Greek State Film Awards (Second Prize for Documentary or Animated Film Awarded to Animated Film) - Won[7]

1999: European Fantasy Award (George Melies Award) - Nominated[2]

1999: Fantasporto Special Jury Award - Co-winner - Won[2][8]

References

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  1. ^ "The profile of the Greek director - producer Vassilis Mazomenos". European Film Academy. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  2. ^ a b c Novőć, Ana, ed. (28 February 2016). "Greek History Made Cinema". Greece & Servia Bilateral Trade & Regional Synegy 2016: 39. ISSN 1451-7833. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16.
  3. ^ "It's all Greek to me". The Hindu. 2015-07-11. Archived from the original on 2020-09-16. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  4. ^ "The first ever European feature film using 3D animation". OZON. 2018-07-26. Archived from the original on 2020-07-01. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  5. ^ Vrasidas Karalis, A History of Greek Cinema (Continuum International, 2012), p. 257.
  6. ^ Fantasporto Archived 2015-09-11 at the Wayback Machine awards
  7. ^ "Βραβεία του Διεθνούς Φεστιβάλ Κινηματογράφου" [Awards of the International Film Festival]. Thessaloniki International Film Festival (in Greek). Archived from the original on 2014-01-05. Retrieved 2020-09-16.
  8. ^ "FANTASPORTO & Prémios Carreira" [FANTASPORTO & Career Awards]. Fantasporto (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2020-02-16. Retrieved 2020-09-16.