Photo Essay —

ODE TO ULYSSES' GAZE

DYUTIMAN MUKHOPADHYAY PHOTOGRAPHY

‘When I return,
It will be with another man's clothes.
Another man's name.
My coming will be unexpected.
If you look at me,
Unbelieving and say,
You are not here.
I will show you signs
And you will believe me.
I will tell you about
The lemon tree in your garden.
The corner window
That lets in the moonlight.
And then signs of the body.
Signs of love.
And as we climb,
Trembling to our old room,
Between one embrace and the next,
Between lovers' calls,
I will tell you about the journey...
All the night long.
And then all the nights to come.
Between one embrace and the next.
Between lovers' calls.
The whole human adventure.
The story that never ends.’

—the final monologue.

Ulysses' Gaze is a 1995 Greek film directed by Theodoros Angelopoulos.

About:

The film is part of Angelopoulos's border trilogy. An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more (IMDB trailer). It received the Grand Prize of the Jury at the Cannes Film festival in 1995. The film (selected as the Greek entry for the Best Foreign Language Film) was not nominated for the 68th Academy Awards.

THEME—PHOTO ESSAY—ODE TO ULYSSES’ GAZE.

The picture was taken on April 14, 2022.

Kolkata (near Rashbehari crossing), India;

Camera—Xiaomi Redmi Note 8 Pro.

Ending Scene, from YouTube (ba radetski, uploaded—July 7, 2016).