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Goodfellas (1990)
IT'S A MASTERPIECE !!!!
Forget anything you 've seen. Along with the "Godfather" part 1, this is the film to watch. I have seen it 100's of times. De Niro and Pesci give an outstanding performance, along with Paul Sorvino. It doesn't get much better than that.
Z (1969)
Setting the pace....
"Z" set the pace for the modern politic film as we know it. Based of the best-selling book of all time, (written by Vassilis Vasilikos on 1966) it is the true account of what happened in my hometown of Thessaloniki, back in 1963. Later films, (such as "JFK" or "All the Presidents' Men") followed its footsteps. What is more exciting, is that the film does not try to show the main character as a saint. (He had extra-marital affairs and this shows in the picture).
A few comments that might help:
Jean-Louis Trintignant played the part of magistrate Christos Sartzetakis. Sartzeakis (who became a hero becausre of his participation in the inquiry) later became President of the Greek Republic between 1985-1990 (albeit not a very popular one).
Manuel (performed by Charles Denner) became a cult figure of Greek history. He was known as "Tiger", because right after the assasination, he jumped on the motorbike of Lambrakis' assasins and was responsible for their arrest. Without "Tiger", "Z" would not probably exist as a movie. He died a couple of months ago.
The Rehearsal (1974)
A strange film....
It is a rather strange film, probably a bit too melodramatic....
Shot in a warehouse in New York, the film tries to give a reconstruction of the vents in the Polytechnic School in Athens, Greece when 40 students were killed while protesting against the ruling junta. You will find some interesting prople participating in the movie such as Lawrence Olivier, Maximillian Shell and Arthur Miller. The film was never shown in cinemas as the junta fell a few days after the shooting was finished.