Baz Luhrmann Australia Fans Flock to Novel
The historic epic film "Australia" has generated buzz that includes an enthusiastic endorsement from Oprah Winfrey. Fans of the movie also enjoy "Message Stick," an award-winning novel by Laine Cunningham. The book offers the same appeal…a modern story that touches on the vast history of Australian and Aboriginal people in the rugged outback. (PRWeb Nov 21, 2008)
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Charlie Daniels Presented Bald Eagle Portrait by Lisa Loucks Christenson, Wildlife Artist-Author and Host of Lisa's Walk The Talk Show
To make good on a promise, Lisa Loucks Christenson, Wildlife Artist and host of Lisa's Walk The Talk Show presented Charlie Daniels a Limited Edition, number 1 of 3 giclee prints titled, Daniels Charlie to the country legend just before a stellar performance Saturday night in Wisconsin Dells, WI. The Eaglet was named for Charlie to honor him for his work and support of our troops. (PRWeb Nov 18, 2008)
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"sergio Leone And The Spaghetti Western" By Sarah Anne Polsinelli, Sat Dec 10th
Clint Eastwood should have thanked Italy's film industry whenaccepting his second Best Director Oscar for this year'scritically acclaimed Million Dollar Baby, because without theadvent of the Italian-born Spaghetti Western in the 1960s,Eastwood wouldn't have a career. Italians didn't invent theWestern, but they took an American staple and made it their own.By 1960, US film production companies had exhausted thegood-guy-fighting-for-justice storyline, and film salesdwindled. Italian filmmakers capitalized on the lucrativeAmerican market by tweaking the conventional plot, adding a fewcrucial stylistic elements (including memorable musical scores)and selling them back to the Americans.
It was the golden age of Italian Cinema (1956-1971) and betweenthe years 1963 and 1973, over 400 Italian-style Westerns (dubbed"Spaghetti Westerns" by American audiences) were made.
Italian Western director Sergio Leone got the tumbleweedrolling. He was the first to make a huge impact in the UnitedStates, with the quintessential Spaghetti Western The Good, theBad, and the Ugly, making a star out of a young, relativelyunknown (but incredibly handsome) American TV actor named ClintEastwood.
The graphic violence attributed to the series of films thatLeone would complete may have had something to do with theVietnam War, which took place during this phenomenon.
Leone's first film, 1964's breakthrough hit A Fistful of Dollars(Per un Pugno di Dollari) was based on Akira Kurosawa's samuraiepic Yojimbo. Leone was a postmodern mannerist, exaggeratingartistic elements of a film to make a profound impact on theviewer, like close-up shots that would fill up the entire screenand exceedingly slow movements.
In contrast to the Spaghetti Western genre, American Westernsabided by an unwritten ethical code called the Hays Code, whichprevented the shooter and the victim from being in the sameframe together (so if the frame was focused on the victim, theshot would come from off-screen for example). But with an eyefor arresting violence, Leone had a different view oncensorship. The Roman director once said: "My representation ofdeath is moral as well as intellectual."
Take the psychedelic opening sequence for A Fistful of Dollars:It begins with a hazy white spot on a blood-red screen,accompanied by the sound of gunshots combined with EnnioMorricone's unique music.
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Morricone became instantly famous forhis one of a kind musical scores - The Good, the Bad and theUgly theme is the most familiar of these.
Morricone's hoof beats, whistling and use of the human voice asan instrument became the standard musical style of the SpaghettiWestern. Simple but eerie, the nearly tangible presence of themusic was extraordinary and absolutely original. Leone madeinstant out of not just his music composer butEastwood - who would star in his trilogy of Westerns: A Fistfulof Dollars (1964), A Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, theBad and the Ugly (1966).
In a scene in A Fistful of Dollars, one of the characters getsshot and a close-up of his face reveals thick, red blood gushingout of his mouth. By today's standards it would have no impacton the average viewer, but 40 years ago it was monumental. Fromthen on filmmakers began to allot a large part of their filmbudget to what was called a "blood budget".
Critics attacked these films for their gratuitous violence, butaudiences loved them. And Leone's revamped Western formula wasimitated for years to follow.
Then "The Other Sergio," Sergio Corbucci, showed up in 1966 withDjango. Critics had a field day with this film, and it wasbanned in several markets. Its nauseating brutality (I shut myeyes and covered my ears!) became part of the formula. The mostbrutal of the Spaghettis is one of the 30 unofficial Djangosequels (yes, 30), aptly named Django Kill! (1967) Aside frombeing the most sadistic, with elements like torture, vampirebats, a crucifixion and an army of homosexual outlaws, it's alsoby far the strangest.
Leone only made a total of five Spaghetti Westerns, releasinghis final film in 1972 and retiring from his self-made genrewhen he noticed that audiences were mocking the film titles andcontrived storylines.
Naturally, filmmakers began to spoof the films, and a plethoraof Western comedies followed. But by the mid-'70s, the SpaghettiWestern genre faded away.
I haven't always been a fan of this genre, it just happened byfluke. These films defy description. The whole magic is in therattling of the spurs and the cutaways to Eastwood's squintingglare. Next time you're at Blockbuster move away from the NewReleases wall (they all suck, anyway) and pick up a copy of TheGood, the Bad and the Ugly. You'll be hooked, and I ain't justwhistlin' Dixie.
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