This movie ranks among the worst ever, which is its only saving grace. You just have to laugh at the direction. The IMDb narrative says the actors where not allowed to know the plot in advance and we must conclude that is because it was being written on the fly.
As my title suggests, the lighting looks altogether professional, apparently because of the cinematographer, Walter Lassaly.
The director, Michael Cacoyannis, had a hit the year before with Zorba the Greek, which was based on a respected novel. But Cacoyannis wrote this movie himself, and he should have stayed home -- maybe he DID stay home from the looks of it!
It is exquisitely, if unconsciously, dated -- the costumes look as if they were stolen directly from the original Star Trek, which was one year old at the time. One of the songs is an unabashed ripoff of "These Boots Were Made For Walking"!
The scenes look altogether contrived, and they scream out how chintzy the production was. All the actors except the top four appear to be amateurs, though judging from the dozens of superfluous dance scenes, they must've been a dance troupe (from some psychedelic Greek dancing school?!) All this dancing is filler for the deficiencies of plot and character development.
Candice Bergen was 21 for this movie and, unbelievably, had made her second movie Sand Pebbles only a year before. Her costumes for this movie seemed actually to REDUCE the size of her bust -- though her young face is undeniably beautiful in this film.
Well, the lighting was good....
As my title suggests, the lighting looks altogether professional, apparently because of the cinematographer, Walter Lassaly.
The director, Michael Cacoyannis, had a hit the year before with Zorba the Greek, which was based on a respected novel. But Cacoyannis wrote this movie himself, and he should have stayed home -- maybe he DID stay home from the looks of it!
It is exquisitely, if unconsciously, dated -- the costumes look as if they were stolen directly from the original Star Trek, which was one year old at the time. One of the songs is an unabashed ripoff of "These Boots Were Made For Walking"!
The scenes look altogether contrived, and they scream out how chintzy the production was. All the actors except the top four appear to be amateurs, though judging from the dozens of superfluous dance scenes, they must've been a dance troupe (from some psychedelic Greek dancing school?!) All this dancing is filler for the deficiencies of plot and character development.
Candice Bergen was 21 for this movie and, unbelievably, had made her second movie Sand Pebbles only a year before. Her costumes for this movie seemed actually to REDUCE the size of her bust -- though her young face is undeniably beautiful in this film.
Well, the lighting was good....