Arpa Colla
1982 · 104 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 564 VOTES · DIR. Nikos Perakis
Overview
"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what the 2 main heroes of the film are doing. The one is a director(Giorgos) and the other an author(Kostas) with communistic ideas, who has won a prize at a festival. They both want to make a movie for the cinema. But every idea they have never comes true, because every time they meet someone to whom they tell their idea, they change their mind, and they want to make a totally different movie, ideas varying from political cinema to Greek historical dramas and modern films with motorcycle gangs. Not a bad attempt for the Greek cinema of the early 80's, which starts to wake up from the hibernation of the 70's.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,327 lines
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00:00:30 We want everything... everything...
00:04:30 Cut it out!
00:07:18 Tonight you'll have a synopsis.
00:10:54 He went for harakiri... He's out, I mean...
00:15:20 because he's the employees representative.
00:19:34 Gentlemen'? - Antonatos.
00:22:24 Don't bother. We're convinced.
00:25:51 You think I don't know what you communists do'?
00:31:54 Who hit you'? Your old man again'?
00:35:10 So long, boys... It's not your fault.
00:39:10 to support him and the crew...
00:42:44 The first scene now, boys...
00:47:43 You mean to say quality films.
00:51:07 Did she leave something for your orphans?
00:54:42 within the limits of the filmic context and filmic time.
00:59:23 Now, scenes of everyday life in the village...
01:06:20 Don't make it cheap.
01:09:44 - I sing off key. - We'll make you a dancer.
01:12:59 And that is an erotic complication'?
01:17:59 George, darling... Don't die... Say something...
01:21:38 A "lumben", aggressive and violent...
01:29:18 You freak out because deep down you're a puritan.
01:33:27 I did. And I didn't ask for your opinion.
01:37:46 Vassili, where are you? I found her!