| My Big Fat Greek Wedding
(2002). The immigrant experience done in
a way that anyone from a big, enmeshed family can identify with. Hilarious. Recommended. |
| The Bourne Identity (2002) Not really about Greece or shot in Greece, except for the final scene which is on Mykonos. |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) Story takes place on Kefalonia. Boring, bad acting. |
| Mediterraneo
(1991) Some Italian soldiers get stranded on a Greek island
during WWII. They decide to make this their home, and start interacting
with the locals. A charming, anti-war film. Recommended.
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| Shirley
Valentine (1989). Never
seen this one, which I gather is fortunate. Does have an archetypal
theme: frustrated housewife escapes to Greek island in search of self-actualization. |
| Summer Lovers (1982) Young people go to Corfu, Mykonos and Santorini. Stuff happens. |
| For your eyes only (1981) A Roger Moore James Bond film that was shot in part in Corfu and also misuses a monastery at Metora. They go there mainly to smash things. The real monks were not that thrilled with the filming and tried to protest. While apparently this is regarded as a pretty good Bond film, I though it was weak. |
| The Greek Tycoon (1978) Anthony Quinn, the only person who can star in a Hollywood film about Greeks, plays Aristotle Onassis as he courts Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis. Shot in part in Athens, Corfu and Mykonos. |
| Z
(1969) A political thriller about a true event. A progressive deputy is killed - is the government complicit? Well done. Especially recommended.
The history of the real story and the film... |
| Zorba
the Greek (1964) The quintessential
battle between the self-denying and self-expressing parts of the human
personality. Anthony Quinn, a Mexican, here firmly establishes himself
as a Greek. Alan Bates plays the repressed, responsible one.
Recommended. |
| Never
on Sunday (1960) American tourist, full of the ancient Greeks,
comes to Athens and decides to 'rescue' a prostitute (Melina Mercouri)
by filling her with the true spirit of the ancients. Of course, he's
clueless and she resists being 'improved.' |
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