Anaparastasis: Life & Work of Jani Christou (2012)
Even though today he remains a great stranger, Jani Christou (1926-1970) stands among the greatest figures of the 20th century music avant-garde. His work is characterized by a rare uniformity and consistency, regarding not only the pioneering means which he introduced in the world of sounds and the innovatory music systems, but also his own philosophical universe which runs through and inspires his compositions: the myth, the transcendent, the mysticism, the primordial, the ritual, the unapproachable, the panic, the hysteria... With Christou's early death in a tragic accident, on his birthday, in January 8th 1970, the world of contemporary music lost one of the most thrilling and provocative talents. The documentary attempts to illustrate the personality and the spirit of this great thinker of art and follow the path of his short life, which has always been interwoven with art and his meaning of offering to humanity and civilization.
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I had never before seeing this film heard about the composer Jani Christou (Γιάννης Χρήστου), so I was amazed that we had such an amazing musician that was only know to music students, and that his sudden death ended a life full of enthusiastic creation. The documentary explores not only his mysterious personality, but it also gives us an insight on how he saw things and especially the music he was trying to put together. His works was so elaborate that most of them could not be performed without complete dedication from the musicians. It also required in an extend to put a piece of your soul and mind in the music. It was almost a religious experience that you had to participate with everything you got.All in all the film was a very good opportunity for all Greeks to remember this great music man and to introduce to the whole music world a forgotten but still (and always) fresh experience.