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.
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.
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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
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