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John the Violent

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533:Σε πραγματικά γεγονότα της δεκαετίας του '60, όπου η έρευνα για τη δολοφονία μιας νεαρής γυναίκας καταλήγει σε προσβολή της μνήμης της, καθώς όλοι οι μάρτυρες ενδιαφέρονται για την προβολή τους στα μέσα μαζικής επικοινωνίας, ενώ ο άνθρωπος που ομολόγησε το φόνο της γίνεται κοινωνικό είδωλο, μέσα απ' τις σελίδες των εφημερίδων, βασίζεται η πρώτη ταινία της Τώνιας Μαρκετάκη «Ιωάννης ο βίαιος». Translation: On real events of the decade of the '60s, where the search for the murder of a young woman leads to an insult to her memory, since all witnesses are interested in their promotion in the mass media, while the man who confessed to her murder becomes social icon, through the pages of newspapers, is based the first film of Tonia Marketaki "John the Violent" 556:«Ιωάννης ο βίαιος» της Τώνιας Μαρκετάκη έκανε αίσθηση ακριβώς επειδή άντλησε το θέμα της από μια τραγωδία που έκανε τρομερό θόρυβο στις εφημερίδες και γενικότερα στα Μέσα Μαζικής Ενημέρωσης. Translation: John the Violent of Tonia Marketaki caused a sensation exactly due to the fact that it drew its subject from a tragedy which caused a huge uproar in the press and more generally in the mass media 235:. Kyriakides describes how Marketaki's lens wonders at the beginning of the film like a "ghost in the streets of an ugly city, wondering among the apartments of a rudderless society" and contrasts it to the claustrophobic and frantic action of the second part, where the lens moves in flashbacks during 154:
Ioannis Zachos is a psychopath who fantasises about killing beautiful women as a means to validate his manhood and to feel a sense of empowerment. He stalks the empty streets of Athens at night looking for victims. In one of those outings he enters a small sidestreet and at around midnight he sees a
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he readily confesses his crime to the police to their great relief, since their investigation had come under fire for its perceived faults. In the ensuing trial, the psychopath freely admits his guilt but during his testimony he falls into contradictions. It becomes apparent that the murderer bases
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His appeal and articulate and sincere-sounding descriptions of his motives and actions within the confines and context of society, resonate with the youth of the era. He presents himself as a "trapped soul" seeking relief from the burdens of society. The youth believe that his descriptions express
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Zachos may be a deviant psychopath but he possesses eloquence, grace, charisma and above-average intelligence which make him attractive to the trial audience, the judges, the press and the psychiatrists. He soon becomes a "social icon" through the everyday reports of the press.
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quotes film critic Aglaia Mitropoulou who comments that Marketaki does not use the crime as a reason to create a crime drama but instead she analyses and explores the whole social environment and the reasons behind the crime using the same type of methodology that
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and he feels pleasure for being guilty and then pleasure for admitting his guilt, an act which he considers his way of presenting his own "truth" and being honest. Finally, as soon as society accepts his guilt, he feels the pleasure of atonement.
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John the Violent. aka Ioannis O Viaios. 1973, Greece, 180 min. Director: Tonia Marketaki. Screenplay: Tonia Marketaki. Cast: Manolis Loy- ades, John the Violent. A lunatic, John, kills a girl among other acts of madness and is apprehended by
652:Η Τώνια Μαρκετάκη στην ταινία της Ιωάννης ο Βίαιος στρέφει το ενδιαφέρον στη μοναξιά των ατόμων που ζουν στις μεγάλες πόλεις, διερευνώντας τα αίτια που τους μεταλλάσσουν σε ψυχικά διαταραγμένα άτομα, έτοιμα να διαπράξουν τις πιο ... 468:Το 1973, το Φεστιβάλ Θεσσαλονίκης βλέπει με ευχάριστη έκπληξη την πρώτη μεγάλου μήκους ταινία της Μαρκετάκη,Ιωάννης ο βίαιος, που κερδίζει το βραβείο σκηνοθεσίας, σεναρίου και πρώτου αντρικού ρόλου. Τι ήταν αυτός ο Ιωάννης,... 221:
mentions that Tonia Marketaki's film explores the underlying reasons which cause alienated and lonely people living in large cities to become psychologically disturbed individuals who can then commit violent crimes.
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The relatives of the victim do not appear eager to defend her memory as they try to play-up their role at the trial and vie for the attention of the mass media. The murderer is found not guilty by
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upon its release in 1973 where it was awarded three of the top prizes. The film is based on an actual murder which happened in Athens in the 1960s and created a media sensation at the time.
201:. The film in the end leaves an open question as to who is the real guilty party, the individual or society. The plot is based on the actual murder case of Maria Bavea ( 268:
but comments that the picture of the mosaic is never revealed in its entirety. The film ends abruptly, as if it puts an end to its own life, in a final, violent act.
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He is articulate in describing his violent tendencies in the context of an indifferent, cold society and explains that he uses violence as a means to achieve
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He comments that in Marketaki's film the truths are all over the place, but that the Truth is absent and compares it to
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young woman, Eleni Chalkia, whom he attacks stabbing her to death. After the murder he disappears into the darkness.
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Film critic Achilleas Kyriakides compares Marketaki's techniques in the film, to
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their own deeper needs and frustrations and they become enthralled with him.
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his testimony on reports he reads from the newspapers which cover his
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and leads the audience from one place to another; moving from the
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A murder investigation eventually leads to his arrest. During
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The film was awarded the following prizes at the 14th
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aspects behind justice and its law processes and the
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Index

Tonia Marketaki
Greek
psychopath
Athens
Tonia Marketaki
Thessaloniki film festival
interrogation
criminal trial
catharsis
hedonist
reason of insanity
psychiatric hospital
Greek
Richard Brooks
In Cold Blood
the reconstruction of the crime scene
jail cell
murder scene
psychiatric wards
Akira Kurosawa
Rashomon
mosaic
I Avgi
Norman Mailer
Jean-Pierre Jeunet
theatrical
psychology
absurd
Vangelis Kazan
Minas Hatzisavvas

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