Kazantzakis

American  

[kaz-uhn-zak-is, kah-zuhn-zah-kis, kah-zahn-dzah-kees] / ˌkæz ənˈzæk ɪs, ˌkɑ zənˈzɑ kɪs, ˌkɑ zɑnˈdzɑ kis /

noun

1. Nikos 1883–1957, Greek poet and novelist.

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Kazantzakis British  

/ kazanˈdzakis /

noun

1. Nikos (ˈnikɔs). 1885–1957, Greek novelist, poet, and dramatist, noted esp for his novels Zorba the Greek (1946) and Christ Recrucified (1954) and his epic poem The Odyssey (1938).

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Kazantzakis

Based on the 1955 novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, the Jesus in “Temptation” is a fallible carpenter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2018

A passion project, religious in nature, based on a novel; delays, funding difficulties and reluctance among studio executives: Such was “The Last Temptation of Christ,” his adaptation of the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.

From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2016

She also explained the show’s title, which is taken from the writings of the Greek philosopher Nikos Kazantzakis, who saw life as a “luminous interval.”

From New York Times ● Dec. 16, 2010

These are the unorthodox interpretations to be found in The Last Temptation of Christ, a new film directed by Martin Scorsese and based on the 1955 Nikos Kazantzakis novel.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the Nikos Kazantzakis novel and Paul Schrader's script, Scorsese has found a story vibrant with melodrama and metaphor.

From Time Magazine Archive