I think all gods are manifestations of humans. After all man created god in his own image, and not the other way around as the Bible suggests. I often thought more modern religions scewed by not envisioning a return to Eden where there were real earthly pleasures rather than some ethereal gold-lined streets where you praise god all day. Somehow, the latter has no appeal at all to me...but pomegranites, figs, naked women. Idealism is in the eye of the beholder, apparently. / dkw12002

interesting point about the greeks thinking of apollo and zeus as 'real'. i liked greek concept of god, because they are as flawed as humans. besides their immortality makes them prey to boredom, and then they have to meddle in human affairs. i think the scale of greek 'theism' was far less grandiose than that of western religion, and if we can believe julian jaynes, their gods could have been extensions of their own psyches... hence the always humanistic greek scale of things.... / theinkbrain

Why oh why did he HAVE to be her brother? They have such a wonderful chemistry together, they should definitely be lovers... Or at least, the moviemaker should have choosen a less cute guy to play Orestes... Wonderful movie. I love it... / sophialeb

Cacoyannis's "Iphigenia" is an extraordinary film. By far the best of his Euripides productions. "Electra" has good performances but doesn't really work for me as a film. It's either too stylized or not stylized enough to be successful, IMO. His "Trojan Women" is a little better but "Iphigenia" is a masterpiece. / xenu

Thank you so much for this magnificent production and what a special treat it is to see Irene Papas of Zorba the Greek and how she used to look but remained beautiful in old age as well!! Great scene!! Will you please post more???!!! / ruhiaini