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Mikis Theodorakis. Composer
A film by Asteris Kutulas & Klaus Salge

Summary of the Telluride Film Festival about the documentary "Mikis Theodorakis. Composer" (at the Festival programme in 2012):
"For many composers, working with directors such as Michael Powell and Jean Renoir and writing the scores for films including ZORBA THE GREEK, SERPICO and Z would be crowning achievements. For Mikis Theodorakis, one of the 20th century’s major composers, such credits are barely more than footnotes to a stranger-than-fiction life. Born in Greece and living under occupations and dictatorships and even imprisoned, Theodorakis found ways to weave modern techniques with melody, making music that stands in contrast to the sometimes cold dissonance of his contemporaries. In his own words, Theodorakis recounts his remarkable life, his artistic triumphs, the years of intense social upheaval and his hugely influential political career. –JD“

SYNOPSIS
This in-depth portrait of Mikis Theodorakis explores the roots of the life and work of Greece’s legendary composer whose music became identified with the struggles of a nation torn by war and strife in the 20th Century.
In slightly under an hour, the chronologically structured documentary gives a concentrated overview of Theodorakis' seven-odd decades of artistic creation - from the first songs and the Kassiani liturgy of a young Theodorakis, over the chamber music pieces and sinfonietta of the 'forties and the Suite Nr. 1 for Piano and Orchestra, amongst other works from his Paris years, to the wide-ranging song writing of the 'sixties, the Canto General Oratorio, the Symphony No 4, the rhapsodies for guitar and cello and the operas. The film aproaches the phenomenon that is Theodorakis by letting the composer expound, and the music and images speak for themselves.

From the heights of his 84 years, the dramatic Greek composer takes the viewers on a journey through 70 years of his prolific musical career. He talks, demonstrates, analyzes and unfolds the inspirations of his works using a plethora of archive films which illustrate his explanations. Pictures from his childhood, his love of Crete and the island's influence on the melodies he wrote, his experiences of release and total freedom: once after he returned from exile and the other when he escaped to Paris from the Régime of the Colonels.

Mikis Theodorakis. Composer
Written & Directed by Asteris Kutulas & Klaus Salge

Artistic Consultancy: Ina Kutulas
Camera: Mike Geranios, Stelios Efstathopoulos, Dionyssia Kopana
Editor: Barbara Toennieshen
Production Manager: Brigit Mulders
Produced by Klaus Salge

© Novemberfilm Berlin, 2011

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