"We want everything..." "everything..." "We like everything..." "everything..." "We do everything the "arpa-colla" way..." "When you have no goal in life..." "When you see no future..." "When you don't care about a thing..." "Why bother, then'?" "..." ""What the hell?" you have to say..." "Life itself is "arpa-colla"!" "Turn around, Soula baby..." "Like that..." "What my ass has to do with that soft drink?" "We advertise other things too..." "Foodstuff, cigarettes, toilette paper..." "Now say something..." "We want to have your voice in our files..." " What do you want me to say'?" " Anything you like." "What you've done, what you want to do..." "Things like that..." "I'm a Drama School graduate and I want to make cinema." "Have you done any films?" "Three..." "Before I went to school." "Adult films?" "None of your business!" "Tell me..." "What commercials have you done'?" "You're the detergents' queen!" "Anything else?" "The Stuffed Wine Leaves." "You know it." "Want to play in my film?" "I'm starting next week." " Did you find the money'?" " Lots of money." " You owe me ten grant, you know." " You'll have it..." "Is it ten'?" "What sort of film will it be'?" " Erotic." " I do no hard core." "We're talking about an artistic film." "Raise them up a little..." "Raise your arms..." "your hair..." "George, it's Danae on 2!" " Danae who'?" " Your wife." "I have nothing to say to her." "Your kid's sick." "What have you done to the boy'?" "Mums'?" "Mums, this time of year'?" "It must be hereditary!" "Alright..." "I'll drop by tomorrow." "Over... over and out." "Really'?" "When is the wedding?" "I wish you get married too!" "So you're married." "I was!" "But I've got a kid." "And that is a great responsibility." "If I hadn't the kid, I wouldn't make these commercial shit." "Bullshit!" "He still owes from his last feature film." "Films are my children too." "Am I intruding'?" "What's the matter'?" "You haven't seen a man before'?" "Costas is a colleague." "Writer and director." "This is Soula, I was telling you about." "I was telling him you wanted to make cinema." "Costas will make a film too." "Feature length." "Cut it out!" "How are you, Soula?" "Costas has swept all kinds of prizes in festivals." "Amsterdam..." "Pesaro..." "Oberhausen..." "You know what an Oberhausen prize is'?" "The intellectual freaks Oscar!" "What the hell you learned in Drama School'?" "Don't pay any attention to him." "He always talks like that." " What sort of film you'll make'?" " Engaged." "Politically engaged, you know..." "I'm sending you Shirley for a test..." "Take a couple of shots of her and watch her nose." "You know what engagement is according to a great Marxist?" "My girl, he'll agitate you." "Nothing can save you." "Shirley, you had an accident'?" "No accident..." "The surgeon." " What has he done to you'?" " A nose job." "And what are we going to show the client'?" "Vassilis told me he wanted only my legs." "That's right." "It's a commercial for clogs." "When you'll take the stitches off'?" "I'm starting my film in two weeks." "I'd like to know you better..." "Have you got a phone'?" "421251 George has it..." "Stop playing Romeo, we've got work to do." "Bye-bye, doll!" " What's my part in your film?" " Snow-White and the Seven..." "Whatsmacal I it..." "I don't understand a thing!" "Take a good shot, fatso!" "Well, Soula..." "it's been a pleasure." " The pleasure was mine." "Want to read an article of mine on modern cinema'?" "You write articles too'?" "Just to make a living." "Watch it." "He wants to sell you a subscription." "I'll call you tomorrow to talk about your part." "Right, pretty baby'?" "I have to write the story first." " Where's Anna'?" " She was here." "Which one would you buy'?" " What's in them'?" " It doesn't matter." "The red one..." "Because it's bigger." "You're a sucker too!" "Get me Cinemagic." "Do we have to shoot everything twice'?" "The beer you shot has a foam like piss!" "I wanted a beer with thick foam." "You drink beer or foam'?" "Smart ass!" "You finished the tests?" "How are you doing, Costas'?" "Where's Thanassis'?" "..." "I want him when he gets back." " Is the script ready'?" " We're working on it." "I found a guy who's willing to invest five million... and you say you're still working on the script." "Until you finish, the Internal Revenue will take his money." "He wants to invest now, not next year." "Tonight you'll have a synopsis." "Costas, try to knock some sense into his stupid head." "He keeps telling me that commercials drive him crazy... that he's got ten scripts ready..." " Where are the ten scripts?" " I've got them in here." "Anyway, he's a builder, he wouldn't understand the script." "The director is what counts." "I'm the guarantee." "He's seen only a commercial you've done with his girl." "You call that a guarantee'?" "Fifteen other directors are after his money." "I got Cinemagic..." "I want that "rich boy-poor girl" script tonight!" "I don't want no script from you." "It's money I want." "Send us coffee and we're not here for anybody." "Where is Soula coming from'?" "I never asked her." "She's got a strange accent." "She might be a gypsy." "So you fancy the broad, right'?" "So, you're a ladies man now." "Son of a gun..." "You'd better forget her." "Have you laid her?" "Are we discussing Soula or the script now'?" "Have you laid her?" "I've no time for fooling around." "I'm not here for anybody." "Now listen..." "I have a very simple everyday love story... very sentimental..." "Is that the fantastic idea?" "Wait til you hear the plot!" "I know..." "Boy loves girl..." " How did you know'?" " I figured it out." "Wait til I finish..." "I know... stupid love affairs and personal little problems." "Can't you imagine a human relationship'?" "It's neither about class struggle, nor about the Party." "It's a love story." "Love, fuck and marriage." " Don't be vulgar, you asshole." " Don't break my balls." "I want not a political film, but also I want not to be laughed at." "You say that, who shot fifty kilometers of film... just to prove that Kodak is a capitalistic monopoly!" "And what have you proved so far'?" "I don't prove, I only show." "People, relationships, situations, facts..." "And I let the spectator draw his conclusions." "You put your conclusions into his head!" "You hit him..." "One with the hammer, one with the sickle." " What's gotten into him?" " A stroke of genious." "Yesterday's packshot." "Exactly like you wanted it." "Shitty!" "Get lost!" "We're busy now." "Let's go and sit somewhere..." "To discuss quietly..." "in a civilised way..." "Baby, lend me a grant til Monday." "Where are you going'?" "The Japa- nese guy from Honda is coming." "Tell him I committed harakiri." "Don't forget the meeting with Moca-Cola at 7.30'." "Madhouse!" "He went for harakiri..." "He's out, I mean..." "Put some sugar in it, not like the other time." "I know how to make coffee." "You'd better learn how to make films." "You mean, you have seen my film?" "We had it on "Angela" theatre, where I run the bar..." "Most of the spectators were leaving before the intermission." "You heard him!" "You call "Angela" a theatre'?" "In a neighborhood full of reactionary retired generals." "Listen now." "I'm all ears." "We begin with our hero..." "He's in his early forties..." "good-looking... and very successful." "We first meet him on his way to his office." "Has he got his own business?" "I'd say yes..." "Since he's succesful." "And what's his line'?" "Shipping line." "He's a ship owner." "We can have some fancy sets, a cruise to the islands." " But ship owners are mean!" " He's a good one." "Why don't you make him director or technical advisor'?" "That wouldn't change anything." "His clothes maybe..." "It would change a lot." "One is boss, the other employee." "Suppose he's personnel manager..." "That will help for the first meeting..." "With the leading lady!" " A ship owner too'?" " No, a cleaning lady." "That's like a tear jerker of the 50's!" "Make her something else." "Accountant for instance." "A cleaning lady, I insist." "That's a woman's profession." "A clean profession..." "Open, I mean." "Don't bullshit me." "We're not making a detergent commercial." "Anyway, she can be a law student... working her way through the university." "Even more melodramatic." "Don't break my balls!" "You want to make fun of the poor people's troubles." "But why'?" "Many poor girls want to study." "First of all, a girl who works and studies at the same time... is class conscious!" "She'd never fall for the ship owners' lackey!" "That's the point!" "It's an impossible relationship." "He's nuts for her and she's in a dilemma." "I can't imagine that girl." "Soula might be good for the part." "Soula, a law student'?" "Come on, now." "Costas, you have no imagination." "Not as she is now." "Imagine her with no make up." "With a long skirt and a pair of sneakers." "We might add some pimples on her face." "But the girl is a model, not an actress." "Marilyn Monroe started as a model." "Besides Soula is a Drama School graduate." "Well... she might make it..." "But he must be something productive." "Not a manager." "Naval architect, for example." "And the personnel manager hates the naval architect... because he's the employees representative." "But he can't fire him... because he's very good at his job." "What's up, John?" "You look moody today." "As long as I'm here, no one is going to get fired." "We must have some clash." "To make it more dynamic." "How do you mean'?" "Cabins must be bigger and with a port hole!" "The boss said they're good for three." "You'll do what I tell you!" "Greek seamen are not slaves!" "I've got it..." "Soula should be in the union." "She's circulating leaflets." "What sort of leaflets?" "We won't tell that yet..." "We must have some suspense." "Be in the chairman's office, in ten minutes." "With you, I'll talk later." "Why not here and now'?" "The manager's a mean bastard, right'?" "Now, a war between them is declared." "You made it political again." "People are getting bored with all that." "Suppose the leaflets are of no political contain... but of an ecological one." "You mean the smogue'?" "We see it everyday with no charge." "Who's gonna pay an admission to see it in a theatre'?" "It's a matter that concerns everybody." "People go to the cinema only for the story." "Besides, in the country there's no smogue." "But we can't just forget the smogue." "We must have a realistic background." "You and your realism!" "By the way, what happened with that other script of yours?" "I wanted to go to the Film Center to ask about it." "I heard that everybody in the committee liked it." "Big deal!" "Let's go to the Centre and we can talk on the way..." "I also want to see Caralefiotis about some money." "GREEK FILM CULTURAL CENTER" " Looking for anyone'?" " Mr Alexiou." "I've submitted a script and I'm waiting for an answer." "That's it." "Are you Mr Antonatos'?" "The committee has decided." "Why don't you ask me'?" "You don't have to bother Mr Alexiou." "It was to be mailed to you today." "Don't tremble!" "As you know, we keep a copy for our files..." "Sign, please." "Rejected." "The new board judges only according to merit." "Your script is not suitable for all audiences." "The board says that, not I..." "I only say there's a grease spot on the application form." "Mister Alexiou'?" "Good morning." "What's wrong'?" "It's not spotless..." "The application." " Mr Chairman said..." " You keep out of this." "Gentlemen'?" " Antonatos." " How are you'?" " Disappointed." "My name is Makropoulos." "I heard good things about your film. "Martyrs", right'?" "That was Costas' film." "That's why your name did ring a bell." "Please, come into my office." "I'm terribly sorry about the receptionist's behaviour... but we inherited him from the previous administration." "Unfortunately we can't change all the staff..." "Will you have a coffee?" "We just had one." "Don't be disappointed." "We liked your script and we discussed about it." "About how to reject it'?" "As you know, our funds are very low at the moment." "We inherited a financial chaos." "Therefore we must choose very carefully." "On what grounds?" "The audiences the film is addressed to." "Your story would never be accepted by larger audiences." "I told him so!" "You present a small socialistic country... totally dependent of a great capitalistic power... that forces her into a war..." "Suppose that this socialistic country exists." "You only show industrialists, technocrats and generals... talking inside an anti-atomic shelter." "I'm asking..." "Where's the people'?" "Outside..." "Doing what'?" "Fighting..." "Getting killed..." "Why don't you show that?" "I can't show an atomic war on a five million budget." "Then put the people inside the shelter!" "There's not enough room, is there'?" "Please, this is serious..." "It's as simple as that." "Can Tom, Dick and Harry understand a theorem'?" "But the film is not meant for Tom, Dick and Harry." "How can the Greek taxpayer back a film he can't understand?" "That is, Greek taxpayers are Philistines!" ""The Man with the Carnation" was a political film." "A million people saw it." "Were they all Philistines?" "There are Communist Philistines too." "That film was supported by a major political force." "But you belong to a small political group." "He's a Eurocommunist..." "But I'm a socialist!" "In your party, which films have been made'?" "First of all, I don't belong to a party... but to a movement that has deep roots in the people." "Well said!" "But we planted these roots!" "With our films, we illuminated the people." "You didn't illuminate them, you scared them." "You want me to remind you how many admissions your film had'?" "I've got the statistics here." "Don't bother." "We're convinced." "The son of the bitch!" "We scared the people, he said." "Till now they were backing your films... because right wing governments were using all of you as alibis." "But now, things have changed." "You mean, that bastard was right'?" "He was." "Because censorship has been abolished... you need no symbolisms and hints in your films..." "You think that censorship is abolished." "People like Mr Alexiou are the censors now." "And deep down, they are reactionary." "Yes, because technocrats are corrupted by power." "That's why a real intelectual must shout the truth!" "Yes, but not in the streets." "Everywhere!" "In the streets, in the cafes, in the cinema..." "We must tell things as they are." "Where were we'?" "The personnel manager calls Soula to the chairman's office." "So we see them in the big boss' den." "My dear Minister, you know I've always been a socialist." "We even carry oil to the Soviet Union." "I've got three thousand families to feed." "I go to bed with the people, I wake up with the people." "I don't care what the people want." "It's you they elected!" "Come over this weekend with your missus if you want." " Did I say it right'?" " Charmingly put." "Miss Soula." "What does she want'?" "I caught her circulating leaflets." "Comrades, with two "M"..." "Send her in." "What are you staring at'?" "Get lost." "Miss Soula." "Sit down." " Whisky, Coca-Cola'?" " No, thanks." "You ought to be ashamed of yourself." "Giving leaflets..." "Don't talk back!" "You want me to call your uncle in Kavala and tell him?" "You have no respect for your parents who brought you up'?" "Imagine!" "A communist." "Your mother begged me on her knees to hire you." "Don't be insolent." "Is that what they teach you in Law School'?" "I don't like that, Soula." "Instead of keeping up with your studies... getting your diploma... finding a job, getting married... you waste your time with unio- nism and all this bullshit." "Pity!" "You're a good looking girl..." "You're intelligent... cultured..." "I was even thinking of taking you in my staff... to accompany me in my trips... to see the world a bit..." "How about coming with me to Saudi Arabia next week'?" "Take your hands off me!" "Don't play hard to get on me!" "You think I don't know what you communists do'?" "Help!" "We caught him in "Saronic" hold with a lighter in his hand." "Don't you know that smoking is prohibited in a ship's hold?" "Who said anything about smoking'?" "He was ready to set fire." "I had an unhappy love affair!" "Is that so'?" "I demand the D.A. to be called." "It's not that important." " Call him!" " He's in your island villa." " Send a helicopter for him." "And you're an architect, not a guard." "You're fired." "You can't fire him." "He's under contract." "Are you his lawyer'?" "You're fired too!" "You went too far." "Unionism, arson, D.A. That's too much, Costas." "We're not declaring war against ship owners." "I wanted a ship owner just for the spectacle." "Expensive cars, yachts, villas..." "The good things in life..." "Is that why you married a ship owner's daughter?" "You mean to say I married her for her money'?" "Her daddy's money." "Same thing." "You know what a fantastic actress Danae was'?" "That's why her daddy didn't let your film to be released?" "He didn't want his daughter's tits to be shown in public." "So you're afraid of your father-in-law now'?" "No, but there's no erotic element in the story." "The erotic element is there, and it gets stronger in the..." "Struggle against social oppression!" "People are fed up with all these!" "Do we have to make her a communist'?" "I'd make her a royalist." "That'd be funny." "Why not make her a feminist?" "Feminist!" "That's it!" "Feminism is very feminine..." "and very "in"..." "What do the unemployed ones do'?" "They go to the cinema." "I mean our couple." "Soula and the naval architect." "They console themselves with sex...desperate sex..." "She becomes a hooker, working her way through Law School..." "She can't be a feminist and a whore at the same time." "Why not'?" "Whores are the only emancipated women, they say." "But we can't have a pimp for a leading man." "He knows nothing about it." "He's so much in love that he suspects nothing..." "DELIVERY BOY WANTED" "Come on, baby..." "Give them hell!" "The eggs!" " Where have you been all day'?" " At the Law School." "My Sweet!" "Get a job?" "Not yet, my love..." "I'll try again tomorrow..." "Did you pay the rent'?" "Where did you get that money, darling?" "My uncle sent it to me..." "from Kavala..." "All in five hundred drachmas bills?" "You're not wearing panties?" "I was hot and took them off." " What did you do with them'?" " I gave them to the grocer." "Who hit you'?" "Your old man again'?" "I'll fix him!" "I'll denounce him for procuring and assault..." "You stay with us until they lock him in." "What are you staring at'?" "Soula!" "You too'?" "What did you think'?" "All you men are useless, good for nothing." "If I depended on you, my child would starve to death." "You have a child?" "You thought I fuck myself to death on account of you'?" "Why didn't you tell me'?" "Have you ever cared about me'?" "About my problems?" "To you, woman is nothing but an object for pleasure." "With nothing inside!" " Who's the father?" " I don't know and I don't care!" "He's my child." "The fruit of my belly!" " Where's now the little angel?" " In a private clinic." " What's wrong with him?" " Mums." " Tell me the truth." "Mediterranean anemia." "My love...my love..." "Cut it out..." "You made a soap opera out of it." "Student and communist..." "Alright..." "And an occasional hooker..." "O.K." "Does she have to have a sick child too'?" "Only through emotion you can pass your message." "Bullshit!" "Besides we'll get an "X" certificate." "Why not marry her to the ship owner'?" "And then the problems begin." "But who cares about the domestic problems of ship owners'?" "What do you think they read in the newspapers?" ""Ship owner's daughter marries the Aboudabi Sheik"..." ""who had an affair with the actress So and So..."" "You think that your Party's newspaper tells everything'?" " The "News" please." " Take one from outside." "Today's the film reviews, that's why he's run out." "Here we have Jackie Onassis..." "And I'm sure Nureyev is somewhere..." "How are you doing, boys'?" "We're working on a TV serial..." "Small fry..." "We're paying visits to find some bread..." " You're making a film?" " With your wages, it's a problem." "Our union arranges that." "The way you're going, no film will be made here anymore." "Don't listen to him, comrades!" "You want to abolish the union so you can make films?" "For you we might make special rates." "When are you planning to start?" "In August." "In August we have two American productions." "American productions." "That's where the money is." "And you say the people hate the Americans." "We hate the American Government not the American people." " Who elects the Government'?" " The big capital." "The same capital that makes the two films in August." "Why don't you start next winter'?" "I'll start not when the Party and CIA want!" "Don't mind him." "The heat has affected him." "Let's get out of here and leave them alone." "So long, boys..." "It's not your fault." "What's he talking about'?" "A law should be passed about American companies." "Their profits in Greece should be invested in production..." "They pay enough for the Bases, as it is." "We can't have everything, can we'?" "' Got it!" "A story that combines everything!" "Love, politics and fairy tale..." "Speak up." "Well...the leading man is a communist..." "Hold it..." "And famous director..." "She's an international star of Greek origin." "Nice contrast, right'?" "Nice story..." "Real science fiction." "They're about to start an American production." "What sort of film?" "A Greek theme with international appeal..." "Like the ones people like, as you say..." "For instance, a ship owner strangles his wife..." "So we can have the problems you wanted." "They're all at the airport to meet the star." "Come on, hurry up!" "Get her lines ready." "You know what I thought?" "The coroner comes to the island on a helicopter... together with a Russian ballet dancer..." "Nice touch, right'?" "You must have seen it in some other film." "Mister Alex is coming." "Here is your star..." "Miss Soula." "Call me Sue." "And Tom, my nephew." "He wants to be an actor." "He speaks Greek." "Speak Greek, asshole!" "You want me to sing the song'?" "What is your father doing?" "Business..." "Oil, refineries and so on..." "He makes a living, right'?" "Our script writer, Mr..." "Have you written a part for my nephew'?" "I want you to make him eat stuffed wine leaves." "I loved all your films... and especially..." ""Martyrdom"." "Just "Martyrs"..." "He is a CIA agent and a Zionist!" "Christmas bonus, Easter bonus, Social Security..." "I give you nothing!" "I'm not working with Bolshevik unions!" "Don't let the employers abolish your legal rights... which you have conquered after years of struggle." "You're fired." "You shut up!" "Damn conformist!" "Let's go, boys!" "Don't go, Costas!" "Don't get upset, uncle..." "Don't forget your sugar!" "We've lost our leading lady, stupid!" "I can play her part, uncle!" "Give me a chance!" "Finally...the director convinces the star... who's madly in love with him... to support him and the crew..." "So they force the producer... to accept the crew's terms..." "And only the director... makes just a little compromise..." "I said "cut"..." "I didn't tell you to strangle her!" "I like the story about the ship owner... but what you want the crew for'?" "Who gives a damn about film crews' problems'?" "They're the same problems with those of an industry worker." "Cinema is an industry, after all." "Tell that to your friends they say it's an art." "It's an art too!" "Watch your mouth now." "I don't want you to scare him off." "Good morning, Mr George." "Is Mr Caralefiotis in'?" "Yes, but I can't disturb him." "He's got a screening." "Will that take long?" "I don't know..." "It depends..." "You have an appointment'?" "No, but he told me to drop by anytime." " Litsa, who is it'?" " Mister George." " George who'?" " Georgie boy." "Georgie boy, we were just talking about you." "Do you know my friend'?" "Of course..." "In Thessaloniki Film Festival..." "It's you who beat up that film critic, right'?" "Sometimes he turns violent." "Served him right the son of the bitch..." "You're OK." "Come on in." "We have lots to say." "And now meet the star of my new film." "This is George..." "I know him since he was this high..." "Remember when we caught you screwing that lady behind the set?" "What was her name'?" "God bless her soul..." "But I was only wagging that stick behind the window." "It was something else you were wagging." "Hello, Costas..." " You know each other'?" " Somehow..." "Soula is a model, you know..." "But she's a natural for cinema." "Don't forget." "Marilyn Monroe started as a model, right'?" "How about a whisky'?" "We wouldn't mind..." "I've got it right here!" "A script is being written especially for Soula..." ""The Feminist" or "The Feminists"..." "Which of the two titles you like better'?" "It depends..." "If it's a comedy, plural sounds better." "Of course it's a comedy..." "What else?" ""The Feminists"..." "A wild bunch of feminists!" "Feminists galore!" "Cheers, boys!" "It's a real funny story, boys." "Soula plays the part of a feminist... who participates in a beauty contest... in order to make a scandal... when television covers the event." "Original, right'?" "And very "in"!" "The first scene now, boys..." "We're in the Headquarters of the Women's Lib Movement... where the girl who'll go to the contest is being elected." "Imagine, Georgie boy!" "A basement full of gorgeous girls!" "As gorgeous as Soula!" "A real orgy!" "Finally, they decide that Soula has all the qualities... to challenge the title..." "To make sure, they start her training!" " What sort of training'?" " The works." "Dance, equitation, literature, make-up, skating, skiing..." "And then'?" "The night of the dress rehearsal for the contest..." "Soula falls in love with the host of the show... who's a very popular singer..." "And takes her in his bouzouki club..." "He's got two detectives there, for security reasons... who are always in disguise, according to the situations." "Meanwhile, the feminists suspect something... and follow Soula..." "I'm a woman..." "I'm a super girl..." "I can win all beauty contests... because my beauty is unique..." "Let the feminists eat their hearts out... shouting about equal rights and male chauvinism..." "If you are a real pretty gal... men will fall at your feet..." "Never fear, doll..." "because I'm here!" "Well, to make a long story short... the feminists manage to kidnap Soula..." "They lock her up in a dungeon and interrogate her..." "I love him..." "I love him..." "So you wanted men, silly bitch!" "I love him..." "I love him..." " I'm tired." " So am I." "I love him..." "I love him..." "Let's go, dear..." "She'll get over it." "That reminds me of the Junta tortures." "What do you want me to do'?" "That's what the people like." "What have they done to you, baby'?" "Our Soula..." "Beat her up, girls!" "Finally the detectives get Soula free... and manage to reach Hilton Hotel... just in time for the contest..." " And she wins the title." "Right on!" "And the singer?" "We wanted him to marry Soula." "Civil wedding." "But the script writer wants a church wedding... so he can make a ballet out of the ceremony..." "Very original!" "I know..." "You're for artistic films..." "I mean to say... not commercial, let's say..." "Anyway, they might be commercial... but arty." "How can you say that?" "You mean to say quality films." "Wait a minute!" "What the hell we're doing? "Arpa-colla"?" "You know how much "The Untamed One" cost me'?" "Twelve million..." "And I'm still paying." "Listen to some figures!" "One and a half million for the prints." "Three hundred thousand Social Security..." "A hundred and thirty thousand interest..." "And you talk about quality films!" "We sell our souls for cinema!" "You, my girl, how do you like the story?" "A lot!" "The girl has good taste." "Well, if you like it, everybody will like it." "Soula will be the star in my next production too." "About Helen from Kostalexi..." "You know, the girl her father locked in a cellar for 30 years... because she had an affair with a partisan... ls the script ready'?" "No, I'm looking for a leftist writer to write it." "Costas here is a leftist." "But of the "Euro" ones." "So what'?" "They're all the same..." "Birds on a feather..." "Well, my boy, do you want to write the script'?" "I have to see the material first." "Just make her fall for the partisan... put some more partisans... add a battle with Germans to make it more heroic..." "That's what people want nowadays!" " I'll think about it." " Don't think, write it." "And do it fast." "You don't know what's happening tomorrow." "Are you happy with Caralefiotis' proposition'?" "Well, the symbolism isn't bad..." "What symbolism'?" "Look..." "Helen symbolizes Greece..." "Her father..." "and her brothers... are the Right Wing and the Allies... who imprison her so she won't follow the communists..." "I see..." "But why the partisans'?" "The average Greek wants them." "That's his complex." "So many years of oppression and him doing nothing!" "You vulgar bastard!" "Look who's talking!" "You'll write the script for Caralefiotis." "You talk about the people's complexes, bastard!" "You were directing shows for Military TV in the Junta years." "If it weren't for Soula..." "What's gotten into him?" "I was directing shows, while he was being beaten in some island." "What's the vermin saying?" "You were exiled'?" "Let's drop by my house to leave the scripts there." "My mother with her financial advisor." "My boy!" "Mother, what are you doing here'?" "Aunt Paraskevi died." "We've come to take her to the village." "God bless her soul." "How are you, Father Gregory'?" "Did she leave something for your orphans?" "The doctors took her last penny..." "Lousy bastards." "Mother, meet the kids..." "Miss Soula and George..." "a colleague..." "Why didn't you let me know you were coming'?" "She died all of a sudden." "Come on in." "My goodness..." "My boy, how can you live in this pigsty?" "Don't start again, mother!" "What he needs is a good wife." "The flat is not ready yet'?" "It will take some time..." "The builder's run out of money." "But three months ago we gave him three hundred thousand..." "We did, but prices have gone up..." "What do you want me to do'?" "Kill him?" "Your fiance seems to be a very nice girl." "She's not my fiance..." "She's a friend... an actress..." "Her face seems familiar..." "Is she on television'?" " So you watch television'?" "Occasionally..." "Won't they show your film on TV so we can see it too'?" "They will, mother..." "Now things have changed..." "They will..." "You too are making films, Mr George'?" " Have you got a family?" " I have...a kid..." "And you make a living out of films?" "Leave the man alone!" "How can others afford to have a family?" "George makes commercials, that's how he lives." "And you, my girl?" "I'm in commercials too." "I don't get it, boys..." "You have a job, you make money." "What do you make films for'?" "The glory!" "Don't start again, mother!" "My boy, I don't have much time left..." "I only worry about you..." "We even sold the olive grove in Metochi..." "There's only one piece of land left..." "He made a film out of the olive grove." "And his mother bought the story about the flat." "I had to do it!" "Kodak was after me for 350 grant." "You'd better tell your mother." "She won't give him a penny again, if he does." "Takis..." "I'm going into have a word with him." "You know, he's the one who runs the Moca-Cola campaign." "I have to go to my hairdresser's." "But your hair is fine." "I'll give you a ring tonight." "Yes, but before 10." "I'll be busy after 10." "So long, baby doll!" "In this case, the shot maintains its naturalistic style... without losing its own cinematic value and meaning..." " You finished the book'?" " Don't interrupt, asshole!" "So, what does he do'?" "With only one establishing shot... he secures the mobility of image and the flow of time... making a distinct report to the opening sequences... thus enabling the spectator to identify himself... within the limits of the filmic context and filmic time." "Did I make myself clear'?" "We just dropped by Caralefiotis." "What sort of dealings have you got with him?" "He's trying to raise money." "He wants Costas to write a script for him..." " What subject?" " Helen of Kostalexi." "The one her family locked in because she loved a partisan?" "I'll handle it freely, though..." "This can have limitless social and political extensions..." "And of course you can compare it with Ancient Tragedy." ""The wise in awe, beneath God's Law"..." "I say no more..." "Well done, Caralefiotis!" "What a nose..." "Have you Sophocles'?" "All seven of them or just Antigone'?" "Is Antigone the one with prisons and things like that?" " Original or translation'?" " Translation suits me better." "Give them some Hegel..." ""The Philosophy of Right"..." "He's got lots to say too." "Look!" "She's wearing no panties!" "Well, boys'?" "Going to school again'?" "Get off." "We're just improving our minds." "Better late than never, as the Ancients used to say." "Well..." "Suppose..." "Creon is Helen's stepfather." "Antigone's stepfather, that is..." "He must be a collaborator..." "Now... one of her two brothers..." "Eteocles..." "He's a civil guard." "The other brother Polyneices..." "is a partisan." "And her fiance..." "What is he'?" "Heamon is the son... the son of Euridice, her stepmother..." "Antigone and lsmini are orphans, that is..." "Yes, but Creon as a trustee administers the estate... left to them by Oedipus, until they come of age." "So the materialistic motive exists." "Delicious meatballs." "So, the location is a village up in the mountains..." "The Germans have just hanged a partisan and burned his house." "Euridice, Antigone and lsmini... are on their way to lament for the dead boy... betrayed by the collaborator and the civil guard... by Creon and Eteocles, that is..." "The Germans are getting ready to leave... when suddenly they see something coming..." " Who's coming'?" " The partisans." "And how do we know it's the partisans'?" "You'll see them." "Until they show up, the audience will be bored to death." "We'll give them horses, so they'll come faster." "Stop!" "You can't show a battle with a single shot." "You see'?" "All these are theories." "You forget the most important thing." "First of all, we must have a closer look at our heroes." "We'll show the partisans in a snow storm..." "That will make it more heroic..." "Now, scenes of everyday life in the village..." "The Germans are drinking beer... it will look like a commercial." "The hanging scene will look more tragic that way." " Shall we show the hanging'?" " They won't make it." " They're few, aren't they'?" " Seven." "A magic number." "Seven Samourai, Seven Deadly Sins, Seven Junta years." "And "Seven Against Thebes", right'?" "Too much snow." "There was no snow in the village." "We'll put some snow there too." "You know what's the cost of a snow storm?" "Caralefiotis wouldn't give that money." "Why worry'?" "We'll stop the snow." "Why is he shooting?" "So they won't hang the partisan." "And now what'?" "Now the massacre begins!" "How is Polyneices getting killed'?" "Why does he have to get killed'?" "So that Antigone can bury him..." "Does she have to bury him?" "She does..." "That's how the myth goes." "She'll bury him and Creon will put her in prison..." "No actor would accept to be buried in the snow." "You got a point." "We'd better forget snows and storms." "We'll have trouble with actors and crews..." "You know what'?" "We can shoot it in summertime." "At some beach nearby." "So we can have a swim too." "I've got it." "A duel between Eteocles and Polyneices." "We won't need extras, explosions and all that jazz." "Double four." "Shut your traps, you down there!" "Sister, bring me a glass of water." " God bless you!" " Go to hell!" "Will you tell us who Captain Polyneices is'?" "I don't know." "Nobody knows..." "You'll die, scum!" "Stop whining!" "If he loved you, he'd confess." "Our Costas!" "My step-son, a communist!" "I'll fix him, father!" "If you're a man, throw your weapons." "Welcome, brother!" "You'll die, bastard!" ""Shall have no rite of death."" ""No funeral's tear"..." ""But die a thing of scorn, unsepulchered"..." ""And foul to devoured by dogs and birds"..." "He's not to blame, father." "He became a communist..." "An atheist!" "In this sacred land... there's room for many sinners... but not for an atheist like him..." "And the other one in the pit, what does he do'?" "We forgot about him..." "What does he do'?" "He sings the "international"." "Don't make it cheap." "You made it cheap!" "Only the U.S. Cavalry was missing." "A friend of my wife's." "A ship owner..." "Stinking rich!" " He doesn't look like it." " That's his style." " Hello, George." " Hello, Michael." "I'm looking for Psychoyannis." "Have you seen him?" "The artist?" "No, I haven't." "Costas..." "Michael..." " A scholar?" " No, a film maker." "How's Greek cinema doing?" "Making any films?" "We're trying to..." "Are you a director too'?" "I'm too..." "And you'?" "Private employee." "You're breaking my heart!" "Forget artists and give us some money for a film." " How much money'?" " About ten million..." "Peanuts!" "You think I'm a sucker to give ten, so you can make your thing'?" " But you buy paintings." " I like to watch them." "You don't!" "You have them locked in a safe." "Only the expensive ones." "They're a sort of investment, you know." "So is cinema." "Investment and art at the same time." "The films you make are not art." "And they're commercial flops." "It's not the films." "The market is small." "Why don't you sell them abroad'?" "Because they stink!" "The market is controlled by two or three multinationals." "Big interests are involved..." "They'd never let a Greek film to be shown abroad..." "Bullshit!" "If you make a film like the American ones, they'll buy it." "We see enough of this American trash!" "We're not going to copy them." "Suppose we want to make a film, the American way..." "You know, we're working on a real commercial script..." "With love, hate, Germans, partisans, battles, the works!" "How can we get the 50 million we need?" " With partisans'?" " Plenty of partisans." "It's time, gentlemen!" "That's on me!" "Let's go to my place and talk it over." "I have an appointment..." "but it can wait." " What are you doing here'?" " Killing time." "Shirley..." "Soula..." "Well, Soula..." "You got an advance from Caralefiotis'?" "Michael's a friend..." "He's gonna back my film." "Don't believe him." "He's a ship owner." " How many ships you have'?" "7 halves, 3 fourths, 2 fifths." " Not even one whole ship?" " One, 15 meters long." "The yacht where we shot that stuffed wine leaves commercial." "Well, what are we doing now'?" "Let's take the girls to my place." "I see!" "A real talk we'll have." "Shirley will be in the film too." "She'll be a spy..." "Mata Hari style..." "She'll be a singer in a German cabaret..." " I sing off key." " We'll make you a dancer." "You must stop the commercials and work hard, study..." "Have you read "Antigone"?" "We were taught only "Iphigenia" at school." "You must read it, to study the character." " How about Hegel'?" " What's that?" "It's worthwhile." "Why don't you make a more condensed film?" "Bergman takes a married couple and makes a real drama." "Daddy!" " What are you doing here'?" " Shopping with mummy." "You're not sick?" " Where's your mummy'?" " There." "You told me the kid had the mums." " So you can come and see him." " You know how busy I am." "I see... womanizing yourself to death." "And you're helping him!" "We have business together." "Will you come tonight'?" "Father has invited the Ambassador of Panama..." " I'll try to make it." " I see." " Whose car is this?" " Grandpa's present." "To save some fuel, eh'?" "Since you don't pay any alimony for your son." " Forty thousand." " Real cheap." " Dollars." " I see." "I do love art!" "I should have become an artist." "He looks like you!" "What's that?" "The artist's self-portrait." "His last work before he died." " How did he die'?" " His wife killed him." "Very neurotic woman..." "She caught him in his study with a "gomena"..." "What's a "gomena"?" "For instance, you're quite a "gomena"." "Am I?" "But what does that mean'?" "You have all the specifications of a gomena." "In Greece, all sexually matured women are gomenas." "The immature ones are "manoulia"." "I don't understand!" "Greek men are sexually immature..." "That's why they call all women "gomena"." "Go and get them, Soula!" "Let's forget the gomenas and talk seriously." "Coffee's ready." "Go and get it." "No, we won't!" "No problem..." "I'll go." "Let's go and have some fun..." "He gets to my nerves." "Ship owners are not my cup of tea." "Wait..." "We might talk him into it..." "He said he'd like a drama with erotic complications." "He might back a film like that..." "Add some art into it, to be on the safe side." "The hero is an artist..." "a real intellectual..." "He's married to a foreigner..." "An American, let's say..." "Beautiful gomena, but neurotic..." "And that is an erotic complication'?" "It will be." "He falls for a beautiful brunette..." "Soula, let's say." "The cleaning woman who comes every Wednesday." "No..." "She must be of a certain social standing..." "Suppose she's giving Greek lessons to his wife..." "What is she then'?" "A teacher and a scholar?" "Exactly!" "A scholar!" "That will help later, when they blow their tops off." " What's wrong again'?" " A snake!" " Where'?" " In the egg." "I killed it." "I don't want to see it!" "Don't buy eggs from the super-market again." "I want a child." "I'll buy you one." "I want you to make it." "I want a child..." "A child with you." "We'll have a baby, as soon as you finish your therapy." "You don't want us to have a little monster, do you'?" "Go and have a bath..." "It'll make you feel better." "You haven't brushed your teeth." "What day is it today'?" " Where's Shirley'?" " Taking a bath to relax." "Last night she had a terrible scene with her shrink." "She made a mess out of his office." "Then she got drunk..." "And had a head collision with a police patrol car..." "You know anybody in Police Headquarters'?" "Why are you taking your clothes off'?" "We must consume our relationship." "With your wife in the bathroom'?" "The idea that she might catch us in the act, excites me..." "And this doesn't happen very often lately..." "I know." " How do you know'?" " Your wife told me." "You're gossiping instead of having a Greek lesson." "You're driving her to the edge..." "You "taked" your trousers off'?" ""Took"..." "The verb is irregular." "George who takes his trousers off is "irregular"." "I'm paying you to teach her to call me "irregular"." "I'm fucked up being married to a fool!" ""Fed up", you mean..." "That's right!" ""Marriage" means woman under man... "Hippo" means "under"." ""Hypo" you mean. "Hippo" is the "hippopotamous"." "I'm explaining the meaning of marriage." "Forget the spelling." "Darling, do you want me to bring you your little pillls'?" "We've got to move to the ground floor first." " I'll open it." " Don't do it." "The other day she jumped and landed on an army general." "He's in the hospital with five broken bones..." "I send him flowers every day." "What is my pistol doing there'?" "I've been looking for it all day." "Not now, in front of a guest." "You'll wake up everybody in the building." "No one sleeps at 10, Soula!" "Is it 10, already?" " We shall call a doctor." " We should..." "George, darling..." "Don't die..." "Say something..." "Don't forget... to turn the heater off..." "The average Greek doesn't like that kind of humour." "Then why he goes to see American films?" "You can't compare this with the American films." "Anglosaxons have a fine humour..." "But we like it." "Only bourgeois and pseudo- intellectuals like you, like it!" "How can you make a worker laugh?" "With your films?" "A worker laughs with the bourgeois ways." "He's laughing with the likes of you!" "What was your father?" "A peasant." "Peasant, my ass!" "A land owner he was!" "Until you started turning his lands into celluloid!" "You both forget something." "The Greek worker has become a bourgeois nowadays... with his car, his TV set, his refrigerator..." "All those who work in your ships have cars'?" "My brother's a seaman, but has no car." " Which company is he with'?" " That's irrelevant!" "He's out of work, for a year now..." "Tell him to drop by my office tomorrow." "Really?" "Why are you laughing?" "That reminded me of a story..." "A ship owner and a poor girl." "I'm late..." "I've got that meeting at the office." "You have the meeting, not the girls." "You'll stay for a swim in my pool, right girls?" "I don't have a bathing suit." "You don't need it..." "Nobody will see you up here." "God will see you!" "He watches and punishes!" "Will you call me tomorrow'?" "So long, Shirley." "You've got it made, son of a gun!" "Back my film and we'll make a star out of her!" "Stop playing the pimp and write a real good script." "He's rich, cultured, he's gonna take care of her brother..." "What have you got to offer her?" "I thought she cared for her career." "Are you the important director who'll make her a star'?" "You scum, you'll kill somebody with that thing you carry..." "My, oh, my!" "The directors!" "Making movies again, boys'?" "How about a close shot of me'?" "But not my profile!" "It's ugly, like Sofia Loren's." "You've got to show some tit first." "I'm going to Casablanca for a sex change operation, next month." "Then, I'll show everything!" "Dusting feathers!" "He's a Drama School graduate, you know." "This is Greek reality!" "This situation, I mean." "Filth, exhaust fumes, suffocation, chaos..." "What else is new'?" "I'm trying to conceive a character living in this chaos..." "Like us'?" "Imagine a guy born and raised in this mess..." "A genuine prole..." "A "lumben", aggressive and violent... with no scruples at all..." "He works all day long in a garage..." "And at night, he's at large on his bike..." "The bike is stolen, right'?" "Of course, he steals them and sells them..." "But first he enjoys them." "A regular thief that is!" "You have to wear your helmet, sir." "Why you call me "sir"?" "Do I call you names'?" "You scum, you're out again to snatch some "old lady's" purse!" "You know, I want to buy a bike for my boy..." "And I heard that you "bought" one yesterday." " Who told you that?" " I can't tell you, dear." "I swore to my man's honour!" "The fat one told me..." "The "Buffalo-Boy", damn him!" "It's not my fault..." "I said nothing!" "It's not your fault..." "Who squealed on me'?" "Not in the elevator!" "I told you, I don't know..." "You'll know by the 8th floor." "Now you remember'?" "Hold tight!" "Stop!" "Now you remember'?" "On the way down, I'll polish your face." "You remember now'?" "Who told you'?" "My uncle..." "The tobbaconist..." "You told anyone else?" "I swear." "I don't want the broads to see you like that..." "Why don't you go to your women'?" "Come on, fatso dear!" "Marlboro..." "Gas..." "You noticed anything around here last night?" "Any movement'?" "No...nothing... if you did, forget it or else I'll make a torch out of you." "Turn it down, Soula!" "You said something to the girl'?" "What shall we do'?" "You got a bike'?" "Will you wait for me'?" " I wanna piss." " Me too." "Badly!" " Wrong door." " Shut up and paint." "It's my turn." "First the lady who's inside and then you." "Hurry up, Soula..." "Don't make me screw some Indian!" "I'll kill you!" "PROPERTY IS THEFT" "I can't stand it anymore!" "Was it good'?" " O.K., George'?" " And you call me vulgar!" "Your hero is trash, scum!" "Screwing her in the john!" "The audience will freak out." "You freak out because deep down you're a puritan." "You're the puritan, full of suppressed vices!" "You're not a communist!" "You're an anarchist!" "You're laughing, eh!" "You're pathetic!" "Who's gonna identify himself with this shit of a hero'?" "All the oppressed, the miserable, the rebels!" "Bullshit." "In our generation, we were real rebels!" "Today's kids!" "Jeans and sneakers!" "Nothing else." "At least, we used to throw pies at our teacher's face." "You were sheer hoodlums, with no political conscience." "So those who steal bikes today have a political conscience'?" "They say property is theft, and they're right." "You say that." "Not them!" "They don't say it, but they feel it..." "It's their instinct." "Well'?" "Shall you write the synopsis?" "But we haven't decided yet." "Write the one about the bike cannibal." "That's what they like." "But forget all this bullshit about property..." "Let politics lurk!" "We've got to think about it..." "Not "arpa-colla" like that!" "Just write spontaneously, exactly like you said it to me." " Where will you be'?" " At the newspaper, where else?" "Are they in'?" "Where have you been?" "ls the synopsis ready?" "Almost." "We'll talk about it after the meeting." "You're lucky." "He read many scripts..." "All about sex and violence." "But he loved your idea about the rich guy and the poor girl." "Come on, they've been waiting since five." "Get me Costas at the newspaper." "Everybody shouts." "Down with the consumer's society!" "So the slogan comes to help the mind." "A slogan's aim is abstraction and oversimplification." "Mr Tobler of "Mocafe"." "You know the other gentlemen." " How's everybody'?" " Waiting for you." "I've got a sick child, you know." "Well, where were we'?" "It's for you." "Come on, Costas..." "Listen..." "Forget the bike cannibal." "He hates violence..." "Do the first idea..." "With the cleaning lady..." "A ship owner, remember'?" "No!" "Why strangle her?" "The American wife was the neurotic one." "Not on the judge..." "On the general..." "Don't forget..." "They get married in the end." "I don't have Soula's number..." "Piss off..." "Have you finished with your scripts?" "The TV spots must establish Moca-Cola as a popular drink..." "That's why the characters must be chosen carefully." "Let's watch the test we prepared." "In every spot there should be at least ten characters... representing various social levels..." "Why the priest after the soldier'?" "First religion, then the army." "The new slogan is "Grab a Cola." "Moca freshens up."" ""Grab a Cola"..." "Charming!" "Did you explain to him what "arpa-colla" means in Greek'?" "I did." "And I didn't ask for your opinion." "He says that everything in Greece is "arpa-colla"." "Tell him that we don't grab colas, butjobs." "Like that!" "Translate!" "Please don't, Miss." "Shut up, now." "All of you made a science out of "arpa-colla"." "Mr Tobler, we're all practicing "arpa-colla" here." "What's gotten into you'?" "We fool people around." "And the theorists like him are brainwashing us." ""Grab" means "steal"..." "Grab and steal so you can eat." "I grab her by the hair, because she bugs me." "The consumer must grab the can..." "A blonde one holds it..." "We make her a bit sexy..." "The consumer instead of the blonde, grabs the cola!" "Grab a Cola!" "Not with that!" ""To the departed servant of Cinematic Art"" "Comrades..." "Dear friends..." "Instead of a speech..." "I'll read to you the obituary I've written... about the friend who left us..." "His death was cinematic..." "Like the end of a film..." "His life was full of films..." "And his films were full of life..." "A life that he hasn't been able to live... because he never accepted any compromise..." "He died shouting the truth at the faces... of those who use cinema... this pure art... in order to deceive the unsuspecting spectator." "To this spectator he had dedicated... all his talent and imagination." "Maybe his films didn't convey an important social message... which the public of today demands..." "Maybe he had obsolete political credos... and conservative points of view..." "But finally it's all these controversies... which add a tragic grandeur to the work of an artist!" "Come on, get up." "You're fine!" "What are you doing here in the dark'?" "I'm thinking..." "Tell me something, Anna." "Are you married'?" "No, I'm not." "Why?" "Would you like to marry a millionaire?" "Me a millionaire?" "Where can I ever find him?" "I don't know..." "In the street...in a cafe..." "in a cinema theatre..." "Me at a cinema?" " What do you do in your free time?" " I study." "You do what?" "I go to the university." " Don't tell me you're a..." " Law student." "Vassili, where are you?" "I found her!"