Have been sick, in bed, for 10 days and happily enough didn't go at work. Yes, no more walking and shoegazing in the cold for me.A friend of mine gave me the DVD of Phillipos Koutsaftis 'Mourning Rock' film. The greatest greek documentary film made ever! 'Mourning Rock' plots 10 years of change in the small industrial town of Elefsina (a sacred place in ancient years) 40km west of Athens, revealing a unique meeting point between the ancient Greece of the Elefsinian mysteries, the refugee influx of the 1920s and the heavy industry of 1990's progress.
'Mourning Rock', says Koutsaftis, is an appeal for the importance of "historical memory" in a society that has changed beyond recognition.
I caught myself crying in the end of the movie, highly recommended, even to non-Greek people, you have to watch it!
/I've kept a hold on my life,
kept a hold on my life, travelling
among yellow trees.../
I've kept hold of my life - G.Seferis (Epiphany)
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i love, love, love Mourning Rock. Have it too. I love the scene with the old lady and the little lantern she carries.
Are you still sick?
Don't be! Be well immediately!
xxx
No, i'm ok now and, unfortunately, at the office :)
Nice scene, my fav is the figure of the old homeless P.Pharmakis, especially the scene when the director asked him 'wait, i want to talk to you, where do you live?' and he said something like 'On Earth and under the clouds...'
P. Pharmakis died in a car accident.
btw...it's snoooowing in Thes/niki!!
would I understand it? Even with subtitles?
of course, just be sure the English subs are included, can't tell about the English translation though...
ask Chloe, she is an English teacher too :)
nevets
i'll translate it for you. no charges.
Αγελαστος πετρα ειναι η ζωη της παραδωσης και ενος ολοκληρου εθνους που παλευει να συντηρησει το πολιτισμο του.Το ντοκιμαντερ εκπληξη που προκαλει...
tha tin exo dei kai 5 fores
i foni tou koutsafti me kathilonei perisotero ap ola
tin agapao poli
ti proti mera pou irthe sti thessaloniki- sti thessaloniki eimastan 5 atoma kai i maria dipla mou eixe arxisei na gkriniazei (pali se kamia koultouriara me eferes? kai go gelousa)
Protimo na mou kolisoyn tin tampela toy 'koultouriari' apo afti toy ...'apathi malaka' , telika i maria pia apo tis dyo dialekse?
hahaha
Cheers!
Hello - I am trying to purchase the dvd of "Mourning Rock" and cannot find it anywhere in the States. Would you be able to point me to where you all purchased a copy? Many thanks!
Does anybody know where I can find this movie with English subtitles? (to buy or download, whatever)
Where are the eng subs?
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