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Quote of the Day (and other randomosity)
From The Storyteller (John Hurt) in "A Story Short," The Storyteller:
"I am not domestic. I am a luxury, and in that sense, necessary."
Also, a not very positive review of the Master and Commander score album (score spoilers, if there is such a thing), from Filmtracks. They didn't hate it; they just weren't very enthusiastic. I haven't heard any of the score tracks yet, so I can't legitimately agree or disagree with the review, but the types of complaints they have don't seem that bad to me. I'm okay with it not being Korngold (especially considering the tones and textures of O'Brian's writing), as long as whatever it is, is good. The non-score tracks, which fittingly and happily include pieces by Corelli and Boccherini, look encouraging. And despite that fact that Tallis and Vaughn Williams are both anachronistic for the setting, I love "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" madly, so I won't complain if it's used well in the film (like using Mozart's Requiem in Elizabeth- completely random timeline-wise, but a nice choice artistically, I thought).
Kino is releasing Die Niebelungen, uncut, on DVD! Yay! It's Fritz Lang and all that that implies, but if you only see one silent movie version of the Siegfried story, make this the one (actually, I think it may be the only one. Oh well). Margarete Schoen as Kriemhild is one intense lady and well worth the... 291 minutes. Wow, that's long. Keen! Nice dragon, too. Always a plus. Kino, like Criterion, does an amazing job with remastering classic films and compiling interesting extras for them, so this should be a treat.
My luck with commenting today is spotty at best- sometimes they work fine, sometimes I get an error message again and again, and sometimes I end up with five copies of the same comment, so I may just leave it again for now, though it seems so rude. I keep telling myself that LJ is only a couple of bucks a month, but at the moment, that's not very soothing. And I owe emails. And there's a review of Joan of Arcadia in the new EW that I haven't read yet. Oh, speaking of JoA, Eliza Dushku's older brother is in tonight's episode, which is neat. And one of the cats just brought me a wee mole for lunch (oh, thank you, Ross). And, um, that's more than enough babble for today, I think.
"I am not domestic. I am a luxury, and in that sense, necessary."
Also, a not very positive review of the Master and Commander score album (score spoilers, if there is such a thing), from Filmtracks. They didn't hate it; they just weren't very enthusiastic. I haven't heard any of the score tracks yet, so I can't legitimately agree or disagree with the review, but the types of complaints they have don't seem that bad to me. I'm okay with it not being Korngold (especially considering the tones and textures of O'Brian's writing), as long as whatever it is, is good. The non-score tracks, which fittingly and happily include pieces by Corelli and Boccherini, look encouraging. And despite that fact that Tallis and Vaughn Williams are both anachronistic for the setting, I love "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" madly, so I won't complain if it's used well in the film (like using Mozart's Requiem in Elizabeth- completely random timeline-wise, but a nice choice artistically, I thought).
Kino is releasing Die Niebelungen, uncut, on DVD! Yay! It's Fritz Lang and all that that implies, but if you only see one silent movie version of the Siegfried story, make this the one (actually, I think it may be the only one. Oh well). Margarete Schoen as Kriemhild is one intense lady and well worth the... 291 minutes. Wow, that's long. Keen! Nice dragon, too. Always a plus. Kino, like Criterion, does an amazing job with remastering classic films and compiling interesting extras for them, so this should be a treat.
My luck with commenting today is spotty at best- sometimes they work fine, sometimes I get an error message again and again, and sometimes I end up with five copies of the same comment, so I may just leave it again for now, though it seems so rude. I keep telling myself that LJ is only a couple of bucks a month, but at the moment, that's not very soothing. And I owe emails. And there's a review of Joan of Arcadia in the new EW that I haven't read yet. Oh, speaking of JoA, Eliza Dushku's older brother is in tonight's episode, which is neat. And one of the cats just brought me a wee mole for lunch (oh, thank you, Ross). And, um, that's more than enough babble for today, I think.
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Precisely what I was thinking. Sure, there are battle scenes and gales and Drama on the High Seas (tm), but if the movie's going to be anything like the books in tone, the score should be more Jane Austen Action Movie than Bruckheimer Production, the fabulousness of PotC notwithstanding (and yeah, I could have sworn I heard dramatic brass in the PotC score, too. Maybe we dreamed it?). It sounds to me like the reviewer had certain expectations pre-listening, and he wasn't able to get beyond those to judge what he actually heard. Of course, it might not be a very good score. I wouldn't know yet. But this particular review doesn't seem all that convincing to me- if I end up not liking the score, I don't think it'll be for these reasons.
And yay for sea chanties! I want sailors singing while they work! *g*
Hee. I got half a mouse the other day. Just the tail end. At least there are no more baby bunnies, though.
Aren't cats nice? So concerned for our happiness. ;) It's always a little disturbing to head out to the get the paper in the morning and find a tail or a wing. Blech. I hear you on the baby bunny front, too. My savage barbarian kitten (well, she's seven, but she'll always be the kitten) once cleaned out an entire nest in fifteen minutes and piled them on the porch for me. She just kept going back! My sister was traumatized, and the kitten looked so proud. shudder
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I agree, I'm going to withhold judgement until I hear the entire score. But I hope it's really, really good.
My savage barbarian kitten (well, she's seven, but she'll always be the kitten) once cleaned out an entire nest in fifteen minutes and piled them on the porch for me. She just kept going back! My sister was traumatized, and the kitten looked so proud. shudder
Oh my, you've got quite the little savage there. Isn't it sort of sweet how they look up at you for approval of their bloodthirsty ways?