Dracula of Exarcheia (1983) - full transcript

The Dracula of Exarchia

Laying supinely
against the rail tracks

and the moon over me is lit

Night, Winter, Apnoea
Mournful music

And I'm a carcass,
alive and waiting

Images of fake loves
and beaches

my last cigarette is bitten

Junkies and ticket conductors,
hysteric grannies

From the rails into my veins
the screeching of the brakes

So, do something!
Help me miss the train ...

Do something!
Help me miss the train ...



Aphroditen, play Taking Heads,
Remain In Light

Second Song on the first side

Ya!

Stonehead, stop frowning,
I can see you!

Give it some primes

and increase the volume

That's it. Ya!

Excellent!

Very nice!

That's exactly what we need!

Just a bit more oriental...

Aphroditen...

Hand me the plan
with the instructions, fast

Right hand for the bass player



A head for the singer...

... and 20 fingers
for the guitar players

Great!
Faster!

They got us again!

Comrades...

We need to league
and organize ...

... to fend off the attacks
of necrophiles...

...and foreigners against
our cemetery!

Listen to the dead lieutenant
that fought in Albania

I was made into a poem by Elitis
I won't be unburied by any Average Joe

We need to repel that ruthless
orthopedist Victor Papadopoulos

that has deprived our community
of its most precious parts

and by the term "parts"
This is what I mean...

Both hands of Jimmy Hendrix

Seven fingers of
Manolis Chiotis

And the trunk
of Manos Hatzidakis

We have to face the problem
overall, comrades.

It would be a terrible mistake
if we draw any conclusions

judging solely by our personal problems
and the problems of our own cemetery

I understand your worries

But let us not forget that
besides all odds...

... we have at least a grave

while thousands of comrades
from Chile to Poland

stay unburied and rot

I condemn the attempt
of political exploitation...

... and disorientation, by the
previous speaker

In Poland Comrade, ...

... it's not the regime to blame
that corpses stay unburied

... which on the contrary,
implements a necrophiliac policy ...

... but due to the imperialist
secret agents ...

... which create an orgy of
grave robbing and vandalism

We don't care about the political
differences of the previous speakers

Let's face the reality

eat the living ones!

Right now!

There's one solution:
Vote for Virginia!

Comrades...

Calm down

I have a very clear proposal

that will help us communicate
our problems to the world

I suggest that we organize a festival
and a protest concert

having on stage the band
that has been created by Victor

with the stollen limbs
that belong to our Comrades

Let us set aside all minor
differences, Comrades

to confront with the vast
problems of our field

I absolutely agree!

Let us be united!

Let us abduct the band
from Victor's Laboratories

Let's stand up for out rights!

Stand up, damned of the Earth ...

Stand up, prisoners of hunger,
Reason thunders in its volcano,

This is the eruption of the end ...

The placard reads:
"Back to graves"

Where the hell
have you been?

Did Juliet go to sleep?

She did after watching
the news

Good! Stonehead, Aphroditen,
come this way

How I hate racism
and niggers

This time I'm absolutely confident
on my success

We got the best parts!

I'll create a top ten striker band
in Europe and USA

Fancy that! The fingers of
Manolis Chiotis

Manolis Chiotis fingers
playing new wave

Enough!
Get back to work!

Very interesting, huh?

Is this a proper face
for a singer?

We don't care about the looks
moreon but the quality!

Bring me the corpse of
Manos Hatzidakis

Careful, Manos Hatzidakis is
too big to fit in there.

For 48 hours they have to
listen to the new trend in music

We'll be checking every one hour
whether the earphones work

And we let musical hypnopaedia
do the rest

I'll fix your little hands ...

... your little legs ...

... and your head

My sweet chubby, I'll turn you
into the best singer

Now I'll give you
daddy's batteries ...

and if you wake up, we'll
leave to travel around the world

This clock is really weird

it strikes whenever it wants

Interesting

Bfff!

We will socialize the
healthcare system

Every citizen will have access
to medical care and social welfare

... will have access
to medical care and ...

Before illness and death there
are no rich and poor ones

Before illness and death there
are no rich and poor ones

Every Greek citizen will
hold a medical care card ...

... and the state services will be
obliged to help them

We'll cover the country with
a dense network of medical centers

Hahaha!
This man is so entertaining!

Ophelia: Singing the anthem of the
socialist party of Greece

We're gonna get the
sun drunk...

Ophelia! The sun is already
as drunk as a skunk!

Serve Aphroditen!

Please tell Ophilia, to serve ...

without the spoon and the fork
forming the sign of the cross

Anyway!

What a soup!

So tasty!

I suspect it is
carcinogenic ...

Horrible quality!

Stonehead! Take it easy!

What is that again?

What's the problem with you?
You look like a relic!

I don't like Stonehead!

Stonehead! Go straight upstairs
to calm down your little Snow white!

Immediately!

Get off me!

How would you like if
your father knew you have a doll?

You're a liar!

And what is that then?

Please, don't tell father!

Don't tell on me!
and I...

Don't tell my father...

From Carpathia to Exarchia!

Quelle decadence!

Even bats have lost their respect
to me

I'm just a musical bandcrafter
for international firms

You little brunette!
You poisoned my heart!

You poisoned my heart!
You brunette!

And he f*cks her
Yeah, he does...

Your deep black eyes
turned me into pieces

And he f*cks her
Yeah, he does...

Incredible!

Sabotage!

Spies! Spies!

Sabotage! Spies!
They left!

They disappeared!
Chase them! Find them!

Go find them!
I want them back!

You say you love me
You want us to get married

You say you love me and
you give me advice...

First I need to go to
a barber's shop

to have a clean shave
and my hair cut

I need to come home
to meet your dad

and quit on taking drugs

Nice disguise

The mermaid and the tricycle

A combination between Alexander
the great and Koutamanis

Good!

Had I not picked you up ...

... from Agia Barbara

At your father's kiosk
you would be selling cigarettes

I'm a man ridding tall
in the saddle ...

... and if you think of
leaving me

I'll blow your boobs up
with nitroglycerin

because I'm ...

I sent you after them Stonehead
You're not a mermaid!

Captain! Captain! Are
"Music Brigades" alive?

Oh boy! What are you talking about?
I'm on my route to Kithira!

You're on the wrong way...

Do you now my son... mermaid...

Which is the right direction?

Because I'm an immigrant from Tashkent
and I lost my way

The way is long ...
... and heavy

And I need to fight more
to get on the track...

Withered are the violets
and the violas

Withered are the jasmine flowers ...

Withered are my hopes ...

... in my heart's dark solitude

Farewell mermaid

Will you give me a ride?

Yes

Shall we take this with us?

I already used it and it's
not reusable

What is your job?

We don't work,
we are artists, singers.

I'm going to a gathering
would you like to come and sing live?

How much money will
you give us?

Comrades, quiet!

The pleasant atmosphere we share
in our meetings

should not make us forget the
problems women have

The so-called "Movement for the
liberation of men" ...

... has become a legitimate threat

Alas fellows...

Cunniarchy is shaky due to
some conscious males

Them, who God created cutting
a piece of our butt...

have started rebelling!

They only head we accept by males
is the lower one...

The loose morals and the
tolerance of the female gender

has become dangerous

Let's think of ancient Spartan women
who would throw to Keadas

whoever refused cunnilingus

That's enough with our
tolerance for the drones

"Change" does not imply
change in roles

I have some Inox casseroles ...

... from Germany,
they cook with steam ...

... without water

Any Comrade who is interested
may meet me afterwards

And now, Comrades,
the big surprise of our evening

A band of men!

I bought a couple
of red boots

Disco, Disco, Disco prick

And a green-yellow tie

A stripped shirt

A Pier Cardain scarf
A chintz suit without revers

Disco, Disco, Disco prick

Fish can't live
on the land

Neither can a member of YCL
(Youth Communist League) with freaks

Disco, Disco, Disco prick

I shaved the hair
at your armpit

You bought me
Paschalis' LP

We took the cable car
up the Lycabetus hill

You were courting with the
driver on our way

Strip tease! Strip tease!

You say you love me ...

... you want us to get married

you say you love me ...

and you advise me ...

First, I should to graduate
from the university ...

Then, I should complete my
military service

Find a job in some office

... to get married and
have children

I love you too ...

... f*ck Jesus Christ

I love too

f*ck Jesus Christ

I love you too
f*ck Jesus Christ

...

What's all that!
What's going on in here?

What a shameful debauchery!

You upset the neighbourhood!

Sodom and Gomorrah

You're all under arrest!

I love you... you hear me?

Elections, Political parties
and other such shit

Riots, dead bodies with their
mouths hanging wide open

I was horny as I was marking
ballots overnight

Why were you kissing with
that guy?

I dunno! I liked him...

But he's a man...

What is a man?
Is it bad?

No, but you're a man too

I'm an artist

You're a man too, and men
kiss only women

What is women?

for example me, the other
ones at home...

I liked him too...

but then you're a.. faggot!

what is faggot?

Aaarh.. I dunno!

Kiss me!

** Song **

Tell me a fairy tale

Once upon a time, there
was someone known as Agelopoulos...

... and he was making films ...

... large films ...

... and he would show all
the time guerillas ...

... guerillas, guerillas ...

... guerillas in snow ...

... moving slowly, slowly ...

... slowly

I don't know what people say
but I kinda like Agelopoulos

** Song **

I'm scared!
I want to go home!

Who were these weird
women?

Why did we leave everyone
else back there?

Why are these ugly dolls
after us?

They're not dolls,
they're zombies

They looked very evil!

On television they say
that if we don't behave well ...

... the Turks will come!

Do you think that it is
the Turks that chase us?

Turks?!

Sweetie, will you confide to me
what kind of battery father uses on you?

What battery?

Oh, come on tell me...

Tell me, and I'll turn you
into the greatest singer ever

No, you see... I'm an artist!

But, I'll turn you into the
greatest singer!

I'll take you with me!

- Where?
- Wherever you want!

Do you like it babe?

Where's your place baby?

At Exarchia!

She likes it in there ...

How can I claim you
never existed in my life?

I remember you

May I use the phone?

Hey, fellah! Isn't that you
the singer of "Music Brigades"?

- Yes, why?
- Aren't you ashamed of yourselves?

... playing rebels to make money?

We would have been beaten a lot
for what you now say ...

and you now wanna just make a
record and sell it to the companies

Huh? You're mocking the people
with your bullshit ...

... some of these failure jokes
of yours and you think you're clever?

Huh? Dickhead!
Now listen ...

Don't show up in any of our
gathering or concerts or ...

Dude... is that television?

Yes, we're making a film

Film? What film?
A real film?

- For the cinema...
- Really?

Why didn't you say so
earlier?

Look buddy, your songs,
you know... as songs ...

I do like them very much

But, my personal problem is that,
you know, sometimes you overdo ...

You read me? But as songs,
they're cool!

Hey, fellah, may I say something
to my mother?

- Yes, whatever you like
- Really?

Mammy! Hi!

Cool!

Well, as a matter of fact,
I love your songs, I like them

and I like them very much as well

and... cool! Everything is fine!

How is that line in your song... ?

Disco, Disco, Disco prick!
Disco, Disco, Disco prick!

Guillotine... Consumers
under the guillotine

and everything is fine!
Come on!

Guillotine... Consumers
under the guillotine

and everything is fine!
Wooha...

You're a jerk,
you don't have batteries!

You're a jerk!

You're a jerk!

Excuse me, are these
durable?

They are, they are very good
quality; imported

What can I say, if you have
time try it on ...

Keep it short please...

We have work to do here...

- They're fine but... I won't buy.
- As you wish

Look at this place!

Look at this chaos around!
Wow!

A hodgepodge of little boxes!

Good morning Madame, I see
you're about to choose your detergent

This is a wonderful coincidence
because you can catch the new offer...

... that starts just now

I would like to offer you these two
boxes of detergent to try it ...

... and you'll give me yours

Absolutely, but I may not
give you mine

No, you didn't understand,
This is an offer...

and the rule is that I give you
two boxes of detergent, big ones ...

Yes, yes, I see... but thank you

What thank you? You didn't
understand! Let me outline...

... the advantages of this detergent
which you can find out only by trying them

So, take these two boxes,
and I take this little box!

No, don't take it because I've tried
it and I know what I want

- But I can offer you another one of these
- But, please, what is that now?

- Let me just take this little box!
- No, let me have mine and ...

... I'll take yours as well
- I insist! I insist Madame!

Listen, I need this box for the
reasons I already explained to you

- Please, what is all that?
- No, you haven't understood ...

... there is a rule here. Don't
you watch TV?

- Don't you understand I need this box?
- Let me go! Are you nuts?

- Let me go! Help!
- I need the little box!

The box! Don't you watch TV?!

The telephone is ringing

it's for you

I talked with the guys, they're
waiting at the stadium

Charon, you deprived me of
my happiness

And you left me all alone

Vampires are after me ...

... and I feel stressed

We're running a festival
and a protest concert

"Music Brigades" have to perform

How much money will
you give us?

Tickets for the zombie festival

Tickets for the protest concert
against the exploitation of ...

... the zombies of Athens

Tickets for the zombie festival

Tickets for the protest concert against
the exploitation of Athens zombies

Good afternoon

According to the National Betting House ...

starting from the coming season,
the Polytechnic school will be occupied

for three consecutive days for
the celebration of the historic day

The ceremony will be recorded
and broadcasted on the TV

Political youths welcome this
initiative of the gov't

and call all young people to take
place as walkons ...

... a fact which will be taken into
account for their selection as ...

... civil servants for the National Electricity
Company, Water Supply Organization etc

Extreme left-wing organizations
condemned the low wages of ...

... the walkons and the two
superpowers

Ornella Muti contradicted the
allegations of the Communist Party ...

... newspaper "Rizospastis" that wanted
her to participate in their next festival

A weed-smoking den was brought
to light by the police ...

... in Thessaloniki and a large amount
of high-quality pot was confiscated

This smoking den was kept under
lock and key inside the branch store ...

... of the National bank on
Queen Sofia Street

Arrested employees, after closing
the bank, and after covering the ...

... window panes with psychedelic
posters, would install nargiles on ...

... desks and counters

Mr. Ioannis Bartsakoulias, head of
the bank, admitted in his confession ...

... that he has been a junky for
the last couple of years

The right-wing paper exaggerates
over the usual phenomenon of ...

...resurrection by bloating the real facts

The gov't official spokesman
in his public announcement ...

... affirms that zombies also existed
at the time when the ...

... conservative party was in power

Actually, statistics suggest that
once the government of "change" ...

... took the reins, the number of
zombies has apparently dropped

Besides, the vast majority of
zombies have adopted the slogan ...

... "Back to graves"

We adhere to the principle
of objective journalism and ...

... we'll now go straight to the place
where a protest concert takes place ...

... organized by a minority of zombies,
to show you a few snapshots ...

Good afternoon

We are [talking gibberish],
a group from West Germany ...

... we gathered you here on the occasion
of the first necrophile festival ...

... and in particular of the
necrophiles of Art ...

Some of the zombies of
Athens have gathered ...

... and we would like to thank
all zombies of Athens ...

... the Fire Brigade and the
Armed Forces

Because...

Because without these
zombies ...

we wouldn't have the incentive
for our work and creativity

We will now play a song
titled, pardon the expression, ...

"Fuck for our salvation"

Red crosses on doors

Cops pursuit freaks
with bikes

And thousands of motorbikes
with gasoline on the street asphalt

Chicks showing off

All men ex soldiers

A whole life in military service,
humiliation and snug life

Fuck for our salvation

... for our salvation

Prisons, Psychiatric clinics ...

... industries, cemeteries ...

... and at night at Tavernas,
Retsina and revolutionary music ...

Mass consuming pigs,

... they hung bells on our neck ...

... if you're not a part of the
herd, sticks and stones ...

Fuck for our salvation

Druged listeners look for
fresh fish of modern music

Directors in white follow ...

... with tape recorders and
statistical principles

Necrophiles of art pull you ...

... and homosexual music critics

... day and night they're
watching you ...

... and dope you for stamina ...

Music Brigades and other
bullshit like happening

Music and interviews ...

... let's see if you can take it,
this is the marketing

Workers and employees just woken up
feeling grouchy, with ancient Greek profile

Stuffed with smog and Zax donoughts,
Anticipating the masked avenger

Petites bourgeois and proletarians
staring at you like "Get outta here boy!"

Both releasing their little monkeys,
Manager, use me as you wish!

Music Brigades and other
bullshit like happening

Music and interviews ...

... let's see if you can take it,
this is the marketing

...

I exist

and as long as you exist,
I'll be there,

keeping your life as my slave

what if we walk on
different routes

I exist

in your crying eyes

in your burning lips

and I will exist in the
songs you hear to

I am the one in your life

no one else exists

And when you talk with other
people, and sometimes you laugh

deep inside you you're hurt
for you're thinking of me

I am A and Z

and put it well in mind that if
you have a new affair

...soon you'll break up
because I'll be there

I exist

... when you curse your
bad luck, when stuff your head ...

... with cigarettes, memories
and drinks

I exist!

Petite bourgeois...

... you'll be eaten ...

... by your children ...

... you'll be eaten alive

Cannibals, cannibals ...

... they'll become

Cannibals, cannibals ...

... they'll become

I'll sabotage the blow dryer

the blow dryer at the hairdresser's

so that she has a stroke

my mammy, my mammy

Mother ...

I'll pour some LSD
in Marathonas Lake

hoping at last that killjoy
proletarians will get a kick out of it

Proletarians, proletarians,
proletarians ...

Mammyyyy ...

Petites bourgeois...

... you'll be eaten ...

... by your children ...

they'll eat you ...

... alive

Cannibals, cannibals,
they'll become

Cannibals, cannibals,
they'll become

Singing revolutionary
song...

Come on, Help everyone to
lift the sun over Greece!

Come on, Help everyone to
lift the sun over the world!

We're gonna get the
sun drunk, yeah bet on that

We'll get the friend crazy,
yeah bet on that

with daouli and zournas
(musical instruments)

Good morning sun,
good morning

Good morning sun!

with daouli and zournas,
good morning sun

Good morning sun.....

Subtitles: Pantelis Sopasakis