Great director Kostas Gavras he spoke to his camera ERTon the show Refresh and for Thano Siafakafor The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Parisorganized opportunity many negative reviews in recent days mainly from France, but also from the world extreme right.
According to K. Gavras, French language they have a habit of always trying to do something different from other countries. This is what happened with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris, and we caused it “one very nice viewwith amazing moments”he managed to overcome it difficulty of rain and go to the big one Party.
Nevertheless, with the opening ceremony in the word the ambiguity of artistic representations contained, managed It divides the Western public. His representation collected the most negative reviews The Last Supper of Leonardo da Vinciit cannot even describe the last supper, but one Dionysian scene.
To this question, K. Gavras answered that this is not the Last Supper. As he told the ERT camera, “he had women and it wasn’t like the Last Supper at all, it was just people around a table.” However, even if he has someone sign As for the Last Supper, he doesn’t think it’s bad “The painting ultimately does not represent Christianity, there is an image of Christianity, but it is not Christianity”. Finally, he found the interplay between what we firmly believe and what might be true to be quite interesting.
on the subject symbolisms it was put up as opposition by many woke up and one anti-awakening culturethe question was asked if there really was symbolism and if so, or if the French simply tried to do something new to give a new meaning to the Olympic Games.
From this point of view, K. Gavras believes that “awakened, anti-awakened does not matter”. France has always left one stock who travels the world, from whom The French Revolution till today. Therefore, therefore The French are trying to change all thatthey don’t follow him trampled centuries. In France, it’s a habit because it’s important to try to find something different, not necessarily better, but different. THE effort According to K. Gavran, it is so necessary.
The Olympic Games of Paris they will remain in our memory either with a positive or negative sign. Yes, according to requests eight out of ten French people called the opening ceremony a success.
Based on this, K. Gavras informed us as in the newspaper The worldit was written that it was “the best thing ever done in terms of the Olympic Games”. Eternal truths must be faced differently.
Finally, K. Gavras saw a lot a beautifully bound set a place where, despite all the difficulties, things are born from each other very naturally. It wouldn’t change anything. The surprising thing, he added, was the course of the flameHe passed everywhere houses up to museums. It’s quite a thing it’s different from what we’re used to so far, and this is what K. Gavras is interested in and, in his opinion, is very important.
Who didn’t like it?
In far rightK. Gavras answers as the extreme right-wingers aspire to traditionalany denial change.
Globally, the far-right criticized the opening ceremony.
Especially French extreme rightAs K. Gavras said, he was there wild attitude a generally accustomed attitude towards the opening ceremony.