Nikos Pastras
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Director - Video Artist |
| Location | Athens, Greece |
| Introduction | Born in 1982 in Athens. He has worked as an assistant director on short and feature films and also in theater as video artist. His first short film, Theremin, won the best short film award in Cyprus International Film Festival and participated in international film festivals such of Cannes, Winnipeg and Athens. His video art has been exhibited in Greece, Germany, Slovenia and India. Articles of him about cinema have been published in various magazines in Greece Contact: npastras@gmail.com |
| Favorite Movies | Sunset Boulevard, Vertigo, Inland Empire, In a Lonely Place, Lolita (Kubrick), Laura, Carnival of Souls, 3 Women, Eraserhead, Lost Highway, 8 1/2, I Walked With a Zombie, Harold and Maude, The Royal Tenenbaums, Stranger Than Paradise, Mauvais Sang, La Plaisir, Don't Look Now, Bad Timing, Persona, Freaks, The Wizard of Oz, Sombre, L'amour Braque, Possession, Suspiria, The Haunting, Henry Fool, Flirt, Trust, Crash (Cronenberg), Shivers, Johnny Guitar, Μέσα στο Δάσος, La Strada, A Band Apart, A Bout De Souffle, Vargtimmen, Smultronstället, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, Pink Flamingos, Rear Window, Taxi Driver, Bride of Frankenstein, Rushmore, Les Yeux Sans Visage, Häxan, Blue Velvet, Le Genou de Claire, Καρκαλού, Mon Oncle, La Maman et La putain, The Tenant, Repulsion, Baisers Volés, Masculin féminin... |
| Favorite Music | Cat Power, Will Oldham (Palace Brothers, Palace Music, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy), Scott Walker, Cocorosie, Leonard Cohen, Angelo Badalamenti, Nick Drake, David Bowie, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Tindersticks, Joy Division, Franz Liszt, Mecano, Suicide, Erik Satie, Κ.Βήτα, Στέρεο Νόβα, Bauhaus, Roy Orbison, Elliott Smith, PULP, J.S. Bach, Daniel Johnston, Bernard Hermann, Buddy Holly, Bjork, Lily Allen, M. Ward, Nine Inch Nails, PJ Harvey, Saul Williams, Serge Gainsbourg, She & Him, Sonic Youth, This Mortal Coil, The Smiths, Townes Van Zandt, Vincent Gallo |
| Favorite Books | Μεταμόρφωση (Κάφκα), Εκθέση Ομωτήτων (Μπάλαρντ), Το Στρίψιμο της Βίδας (Τζέιμς), Ο Παίκτης (Ντοστογιέφσκι), Σατόρι στο Παρίσι (Κέρουακ), Τριφό-Χίτσκοκ, Τριστάνος (Μαν), Κείμενα και Συνεντεύξεις (Γκοντάρ) |