THE bust of his man left an indelible mark on the old Greek cinema, of the founder of the historical Finos Film, Friends of Fino, adorns the Larissa station park from today. The project, which was funded by Ministry of Culturecreated by the sculptor Vangelis Ilias.
“It is really extremely difficult, he said, to summarize, in a few lines, the course of Philopoimenas Fino. To restore his contribution and influence to their true dimensions, contemporaneously and later. Fino’s films have a decisive influence on the way in which we perceive Greece today in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Quotes from these films are, even today, a point of reference in all our discussions, friendly and more formal, having even infiltrated in our public discourse. On the other hand, it is necessary to honor his work calmly and fairly, away from inevitable nostalgic moods and idealizations of a Greece that no longer exists, the one that was forever captured by the frames of his films. How many people, in truth, had such a great and long-lasting influence on Greek society, without being, except rarely, in front of the public spotlight? noted the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni during today’s unveiling of the bust which took place in the presence of the Mayor of Athens Harry Doukas and his predecessor Kostas Bakoyannis and representatives of the film world.
“In 1939, added Lina Mendoni, he was filming “The Song of Separation”, the first and last film he directed. His decision to make this his last film shows his maturity. He had realized early on what his inclinations were, his creative power, his gifts. Perhaps the great secret of Fino’s success lies precisely in this: He realized, this great lover of cinema, that he was not cut out to be a director and decided to serve his great love from another position and to become – and remains to this day – the greatest Greek producer of all time, a rather unrepeatable phenomenon”.
Philopoimin Finos was born in Kato Tithorea of Lokrida in 1908. His father, a doctor, became a theater manager, turning theaters into cinemas. The young Filopoimin loves “machines” and the technique of cinema. He studies Law in Athens, political science in Germany, but cinema wins him forever.
Within three decades he built an empire. It highlights a multitude of actors, directors, screenwriters, technicians who will mark a meteoric course, having passed through the “school” of Finos Film.
During the event, the actor Yiannis Vogiatzis and the director of photography Nikos Kavoukidis, who worked at the Finos Film studios, and other people from the cinema, spoke about Finos.
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