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March 03, 2005
Zorba the Greek
Zorba the Greek (1964), Michael Cacoyannis:
Emily's been raving about this for years now so it was a nice surprise when PBS was showing it Sunday.
I don't know. It seems to have aged badly. Anthony Quinn is ok, but he really seems to be rehashing his role from La Strada. He's a little tamer, but it's still a life-loving, selfish but attuned at some level to the needs of others. With his production credit, I'm more than certain this was his doing, consciously or not.
For the whole, it seemed (I know it's a terrible comparison) like a two-and-a-half hour episode of Perfect Strangers.
6/15
Posted by bing at March 3, 2005 02:13 PM