Zorba the Greek
by Mihalis Kakogiannis
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Actor: Alan Bates, Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Sotiris MoustakasDirector: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Producer: Anthony Quinn
Cinematographer: Walter Lassally
Editor: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Producer: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Writer: Mihalis Kakogiannis
Writer: Nikos Kazantzakis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dubbed
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 142 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-08-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: International Classics
Movie Reviews of Zorba the Greek
Movie Review: Anthony Quinn
Summary: 5 Stars
What can I say that hasn't been said before? 'Zorba' is a testament to the great actor and personality, Anthony Quinn. He fills the screen with his spirit. Zorba does his own thing, lives life to its fullest on his own terms but, even so he is neither small nor selfish. His compassion is boundless.
At the same time, having never been there, I rather suspect that the director/producers of this fine film have shortchanged the people of Crete. The scene in which the French woman lays dying, surrounded by crones in the form of human vultures almost literally waiting to pick her bones, is both distressing and chilling. Also, the scene in which the villagers slaughter the widow woman in a strange form of honor killing is also disturbing. Hopefully, this is a gross mischaracterization of the people of the island.
The last scene in which Zorba and his young boss dance and laugh following the destruction of their mine and dreams is very similar to John Huston's great 'Treasure of Sierra Madre' in which two men, following the loss of all their gold fall into uncontrollable hysterical laughter. After all, what else can you do?
Ron Braithwaite author of novels, "Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God", on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Summary of Zorba the Greek
On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba (Anthony Quinn) a boisterous peasant with an astonishing love for life. When Zorba agrees to work at Basil's abandoned mine, it is the beginning of a lesson for the young man as he gradually moves from an observer of the world to a participant. This acclaimed classic co-stars Irene Paps and Lila Kedrova in an Oscar winning performance. "An utterly absorbing and sharply memorable film" (The Hollywood Reporter)If you think Zorba the Greek is a simple-minded homage to a man with a zest for life, then you haven't seen the movie. Basil (Alan Bates), a reticent British writer, comes to the Mediterranean island of Crete to revive a mine his father owned. On the way, he meets a Greek roustabout named Zorba (Anthony Quinn) and hires him to help, little suspecting that Zorba's exuberance will lead him to some dark and troubling places--frankly, if the last 30 minutes of Zorba the Greek are what it means to embrace life, some viewers will want to shut the door in life's face. But there's no denying the movie's ambitious scope and implacable force, even as it paints an alien and disturbing portrait of life in a Greek village. On top of that, gorgeous cinematography and one of the greatest film scores ever give this movie almost demonic energy. --Bret Fetzer
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