ZORBA THE GREEK - Teach me dance

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

Modern Greek Dance Sirtaki
Music: Mikis Theodorakis
Book: Novel by Nikos Kazantzakis
SuperStar: Antony Quinn

Zorba is described as the living heart, a large voracious mouth, a great brute soul, not yet severed from mother earth. The novel can be perceived as a vaccine against metaphysical thinking and it describes the contrast introduced by Friedrich Nietzsche between the Apollonian spirit of order and rationalityand the Dionysian outlook on life, and the Dionysian spirit which Zorba represents, the ecstatic, spontaneous will to live.

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The movie won three Academy Awards. Lila Kedrova won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, Vassilis Fotopoulos won the Oscar for Best Art Direction in black-and-white set decoration, and Walter Lassally won the Oscar for Best Cinematography in black-and-white. Lassally's Oscar is shown in Tavern Christiana in Stavros.

Quinn received the nomination for Best Leading Actor in a leading role and Michael Cacoyannis received three nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Writing, and Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

Kindly Regards,
Georgios

[Farida Magdalena Gillot]

It reminds me of very good old days !

Love, Light and Laughter,

Farida

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

Hi Farida!

One of the other great stars was Eirini (Irene) Pappa.
Here is a clip with her from the film

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Peace with you.
Georgios

[BlueStar]

Thank you so much, dear Georgio :-)

here's on more video with Superstars dancing:



...and the Zorbas Sirtaki is the anthem of the THW Kiel "Zebras" handball team...

Love

Gigi BlueStar

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

Hi BlueStar!

Antonny Quinn was one of the best actors at that time and one of the best ever in my mind.
Mikis Theodorakis who wrote the music is one of the best music compositors in the world.

OH SUN OF JUSTICE
Music Mikis Theodorakis, performed by "The Popular Orchestra"

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Blessed be
Georgios

[Marta Graciela Bressi]

La music of Mikis Theodorakis, the film, Antony&Alan are fantastic.

Regars

Marta

[PHILOXENIA Admin]

Hi Marta Graciela!

Thank you for joining us and for your comment. Greece is a Dream

This is special for you:
Greece is a Dream!

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Kindly Regards
Georgios

[mary]

[mary]

Κi auto to vinteaki apo mena Georgie :-)
OPA!!!

[Marius Wlassak]

Yes the good old days!
Thanks Georgios ;-)

[mary]

Zorba the Greek 1964. Lila Kedrova is Madame Hortence, a faded glory, who "does not have the bugs" and can still put on, a scaled down, show. Lila won the Oscar award for best actress for Zorba.
In 1983, she did it all over again on Broadway in NYC, in the musical version of Zorba the Greek, winning both a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical and a Drama Desk Award.
Alan Bates is laughing with Madame and Anthony Quinn is consoling her: "no more boom, boom".
Walter Lassally won the Oscar for his cinematography. The great, Mikis Theodorakis wrote the music and Michael Cacoyannis directed. Based on a novel by the Greek literary giant Nikos Kazantzakis. Shot on the island of Crete.

[Catherine Mascrès]

Thank you for a few moments with some parts of this excellent movie. Yes, it is time to dance, spring is here again. Happy spring Philoxenia and thank you for sharing. Ami. Cath