boerpoel
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... the music in order to give it a more drama feel, is *really* a terrible choice of the filmmaker. /it would be so much better without any. Why use thriller-effect music while watching closed cell doors, or when a prison guard is taking a break?
The subject and interviews speak for them self. Well done. But the viewer gets it already, eh?
---> My tip for director Robert Oey; silence is golden.
The subject and interviews speak for them self. Well done. But the viewer gets it already, eh?
---> My tip for director Robert Oey; silence is golden.
I was very pleased to find 'Rembetiko' on DVD after so many years! Back then, it only was on for a short time at my local cinema/art-house (Rotterdam, Holland)/ right after, I was *very* impressed and checked for another view, but it was the very last one performance, alas. Since then, this movie became some sort of a myth in my memory.
After seeing the film after almost 25 years it feels very different... (now I'm older I know more in what way Greece also suffered during WWII/ and their drama is still not very well known in Europe, they kept the horror more quiet, IMO). So this knowledge was an extra for me in 2007.
Therefore I disagree with the former poster "dionysianartist", the emphasis on the Nazi-period gives the movie a wonderful twist. Perhaps this way, it also returns the feeling to the true blues of 1920's Rembetica.
My DVD came with these subtitles; *Greek *English *French *Spanish *Italian *German *Turkish (No further extra's).
Check it out; great film, with much of the Greek sphere and feelings involved.
John.
After seeing the film after almost 25 years it feels very different... (now I'm older I know more in what way Greece also suffered during WWII/ and their drama is still not very well known in Europe, they kept the horror more quiet, IMO). So this knowledge was an extra for me in 2007.
Therefore I disagree with the former poster "dionysianartist", the emphasis on the Nazi-period gives the movie a wonderful twist. Perhaps this way, it also returns the feeling to the true blues of 1920's Rembetica.
My DVD came with these subtitles; *Greek *English *French *Spanish *Italian *German *Turkish (No further extra's).
Check it out; great film, with much of the Greek sphere and feelings involved.
John.