![]() ![]() ![]() The words create a sense of horror, one shudders at the very idea of the utmost vulnerability of the captives. MIKIS THEODORAKIS GUITAR PDF MOVIEThe “making” of this song, dedicated to a fellow prisoner of conscience, Andreas Lentakis, captured in the movie footage, is a fascinating document. After a month, Mikis has recovered a little, and is now engaged in campaigning against the Military Junta, with several other leftist Greeks in exile (his best interpreter, singer Maria Farantouri and singer-actress Melina Mercouri among them) to bring back democracy in a country which was the cradle of democracy. After some time, his wife and two young children managed to escape from Greece and joined him after a perilous journey by boat. He was flown to Paris and immediately hospitalized for treatment. In April 1970, political negotiators could ultimately bring him out of prison. In fact, the banned slogan “Zei” – which means “he lives”, was created by Theodorakis during a rally held in protest of the assassination of Lambrakis, when he moved his hand in the spontaneous gesture of an orchestra conductor to trace out the Greek letter Zeta.Ī strong global campaign was launched in favour of his release, with active participation from people like Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonard Bernstein, Laurence Olivier, Arthur Miller, Hans Eisler, Harry Belafonte, John Williams. Mikis Theodorakis composed the soundtrack of that movie, which bagged the Oscar Award for the best foreign language movie in 1969. ![]() For a list one can see the final credit sequence of the Movie “Z”, a political thriller by Constantin Costa-Gavras, based on the assassination of a popular pacifist Greek MP, Grigoris Lambrakis in 1963. His music is banned in the country, as are writings of several other distinguished – contemporary and ancient, men of letters. In fact, he has transformed the soul of contemporary Greek music. ![]() Written several exquisite pieces of classical as well as modern music. At 44, Mikis is already an internationally acclaimed composer. During the 20-month captivity and torture, his old tuberculosis lesions flared up. This time, he was held by the infamous Greek secret police operating under the Military Junta. Be it in the remote, barren Greek islands used as concentration camps, or in urban prisons, or in special torture-centers maintained by Italian Fascists, German Nazis, British military and the Greek secret police. That is exactly what the composer did, during all his days in captivity. In prisons there is hardly any scope of writing down songs, but one can always carry them in one’s imagination. And the score being written down finally, while the camera tracks them. The poem, already conceived as a song by the composer when he was held in a prison in Greece, is being translated to French by Moustaki. The title sequence rolls down smoothly with the sound of guitar played by another great singer-songwriter, George Moustaki. The title – “We are two” (in Greek, “Imaste dio”) is the first line of a poem by Mikis Theodorakis, the legendary contemporary Greek composer. MIKIS THEODORAKIS GUITAR PDF ARCHIVEIn a French archive one can watch a short documentary- “Nous Sommes Deux”, made almost 50 years ago by Robert Manthoulis for the French television. These days internet can open up fascinating treasure-troves from the half-forgotten past. Share on WhatsApp Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Telegram Share on Reddit Share on Email ![]()
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