Film
Greek popular music had long been intertwined with Greek post-war cinema. In the 50s and 60s, almost every film contained portions of music performed on screen, often by Kazantzidis.
- I kyria dimarhos (1960) - The mayoress
- Paixe, bouzouki mou glyko (1965) - Play, my sweet Bouzouki
- I timoria (1965) - The punishment
- Afiste me na ziso (1965) - Let me live
- Adistaktoi (1965) - The Ruthless
- Oi angeloi tis amartias (To limani) (1966) - Angels of sin
- Foukarades kai leftades (1966) - Poor men and rich men
- Eho dikaioma na s' agapo! (1966) - I have the right to love you
- O gerontokoros (1967) - The old single man
- I ora tis dikaiosynis (1967) - The hour of justice
- Adiki katara (1967) - Unjust Curse
- Ta psihoula tou kosmou (1968) - The breadcrumbs of the world
- Oi andres den lygizoun pote! (1968) - Men never expire
- O gigas tis Kypselis (1968) - The giant of Kypselis
- Kravges ston anemo (1976) - Shouts in the wind
Two of his songs ("To Psomi tis Ksenitias" and "Efige Efige") are featured in Season 2 of the hit HBO TV series The Wire, during the season's second-to-last episode, "Bad Dreams". The first is heard in the background of a restaurant while the second is heard in multiple of the final scenes of the episode; the music was not sourced anywhere on set, a technique rarely used by the show's producers.
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Famous quotes containing the word film:
“A good film script should be able to do completely without dialogue.”
—David Mamet (b. 1947)
“Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody’s piano playing in my living room has to the book I am reading.”
—Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)
“All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They’re obliged to overstate their own importance.”
—François Truffaut (1932–1984)