{"id":87795,"date":"2022-10-02T22:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87795"},"modified":"2022-10-02T22:32:30","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T05:32:30","slug":"zorba-the-greek-1964","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87795","title":{"rendered":"Zorba the Greek (1964)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-87796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster-179x270.png 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Poster.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a British-Greek writer (Alan Bates) arrives in Crete with the intention of opening a lignite mine, he meets a charismatic laborer named Zorba (Anthony Quinn) who quickly becomes an inextricable part of his life.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Bates Films <\/li>\n<li>Anthony Quinn Films<\/li>\n<li>Character Studies<\/li>\n<li>Greece <\/li>\n<li>Mining Towns<\/li>\n<li>Village Life<\/li>\n<li>Widows and Widowers <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThree years after co-starring in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=87755\"><em>The Guns of Navarone<\/em> (1961)<\/a>, Anthony Quinn and Greek actress Irene Papas were once again paired on-screen in this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zorba_the_Greek\">Nikos Kazantzakis&#8217;s 1946 novel<\/a>. Although the story follows Bates as he arrives in his rocky island village, it&#8217;s clear that the primary focus is on the larger-than-life title character, who has numerous &#8220;life lessons&#8221; to pass along to &#8220;Boss&#8221; (his affectionate nickname for Bates). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-on-Beach.png 1219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zorba&#8217;s wisdom and guidance include the following, as evidenced from direct quotes:  <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You think too much.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Why did God give us hands? To grab. Well, grab!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I got up, and I danced&#8230; It was the dancing &#8212; only the dancing &#8212; that stopped the pain.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Now I look at a man, any man, and I say, &#8216;He is good. He is bad.&#8217; What do I care if he&#8217;s Greek or Turk?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;A man needs a little madness, or else he never dares cut the rope and be free.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So, the creatively-blocked Bates clearly must learn to &#8220;let go&#8221; and love life &#8212; which includes allowing himself to be seduced by a beautiful widow (Irene Papas) who the villagers wrongly believe &#8220;belongs&#8221; to another young man who is in love with her; but the outcome of their brief dalliance is nothing short of tragic. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-1024x610.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-1024x610.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure-453x270.png 453w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-Christ-Figure.png 1221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, a primary take-away from this tale is that the type of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Death_of_Mahsa_Amini\">morality-policing of women we still see going on (albeit now accompanied by a much-needed uprising<\/a>) is endemic in some societies &#8212; alongside xenophobia, as exemplified by the villagers&#8217; disdainful treatment of a local French woman (Lila Kedrova) who spends her time reminiscing about her numerous wartime lovers, and who Zorba takes pity on. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-1024x614.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"384\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-1024x614.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-768x460.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova-450x270.png 450w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova.png 1223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Her eventual fate near the end of the film is equally distressing, especially given that it&#8217;s primarily driven by other aging women. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-1024x609.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-1024x609.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-768x457.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women-454x270.png 454w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Old-Women.png 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Co-producer Quinn&#8217;s performance &#8212; while arguably over-the-top at times &#8212; drives the film, showing us the inherent complexity of this middle-aged dynamo, who lives, loves, dreams, and acts at full volume. His impassioned performance (along with Kedrova&#8217;s touching turn as a deluded former-siren) make this critically and commercially popular film worth a look, though it&#8217;s not must-see viewing. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anthony Quinn as Zorba<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-1024x612.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87801\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-1024x612.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-300x179.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-128x77.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-768x459.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning-452x270.png 452w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Quinn-Grinning.png 1233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Lila Kedrova as Madame Hortense<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-1024x601.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-1024x601.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-128x75.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-768x451.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3-460x270.png 460w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Kedrova3.png 1229w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Walter Lassally&#8217;s Oscar-winning cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography-457x270.png 457w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Dancing-Cinematography.png 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-1024x605.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"378\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-87817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-1024x605.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-300x177.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-128x76.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-768x454.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas-457x270.png 457w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Zorba-the-Greek-Pappas.png 1227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mikis Theodorakis&#8217;s instantly recognizable score <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s recommended for one-time viewing. Listed as a film with Historical Importance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0057831\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/96681\/zorba-the-greek#articles-reviews?articleId=121595\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1964\/12\/18\/archives\/screen-zorba-the-greek-is-at-suttonanthony-quinn-stars-in.html\">NY Times Original Review (spoiler alert) <\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/96681\/zorba-the-greek#articles-reviews?articleId=81328\">TCM DVD Review (spoiler alert) <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;To be alive is to undo your belt and look for trouble.&#8221; Synopsis: When a British-Greek writer (Alan Bates) arrives in Crete with the intention of opening a lignite mine, he meets a charismatic laborer named Zorba (Anthony Quinn) who quickly becomes an inextricable part of his life. 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