The Antichrist: Original Soundtrack Music From The Film Review

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The Antichrist: Original Soundtrack Music From The Film ReviewThe cover and Amazon's clumsy title gives the impression that this score is "L'anticristo" alone, while in fact it's coupled with the score "Sepolta viva"(Woman buried alive-from 1973) which takes up 13 of the tracks, while "L'anticristo"(The antichrist-from 1974) only consists of 2. These last 2 tracks are uninteresting to say the least, while the first score is the real gem. Overall I would describe it as 18. century baroque music, not pastiche, but instead with a recognizable Morricone style similar to his other romantic '70 scores. The main theme "Romanza a Cristina" is terrific. It's repeated 3 other times on the album with different orchestration each time, but with no apparent variation apart from that. Nearly all other tracks on this album introduces a new beautiful and romantic melody, and is a great listen all the way through. "La caccia" is a personal favorite. My italian is a bit rusty, but I think the translation is "The hunt", and the sound of it certainly fits such an event. Start off with horn fanfares, strings take over the theme and it developes into an exciting piece of music. A trumpet, harpsichord and more are added, until finally it ends similar to how it started with horn fanfares, now slowing down and fading away, truly amazing! If you like his other incredible scores for "La califfa" and "Questa specie d'amore", you will love this one as well(and vice versa). Well, I'm sure you will no matter what. Enjoy!The Antichrist: Original Soundtrack Music From The Film Overview

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The Harder They Come (The Criterion Collection) (1973) Review

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The Harder They Come (The Criterion Collection) (1973) ReviewThis review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
Jamaica's first feature film is also the most famous. The film made reggae music popular in the US, influnced people to vout out the conservative government in Jamaica, and brought singer Jimmy Cliff to international stardom.
The film is about a young man aspired to become a famous singer. He performs for a record company, but is offered only $20 for the song. He thinks it is worth more but finally agrees on the $20. He later gets in trouble with the law and becomes even more famous as an outlaw.
I strongly recommend that you watch the film with subtitles, as many of the characters speak in a thick Patois accent.
The film has a R rating for profanity, violence, sexual content, and nudity.
The soundtrack to the film remains a big hit even today and it is said that even Bob Marley would be an unknown if it weren't for this film.
The criterion DVD has an exclusive interview with Chris Blackwell, the founder of Island Records.
There are also biographies and discographies of several musicians who helped witht he film's music. It also has full-length audio commentary by actor Jimmy Cliff and Perry Henzell, who wrote and directed the film.
This film is a must see for reggae music lovers!The Harder They Come (The Criterion Collection) (1973) OverviewReggae superstar Jimmy Cliff is Ivan, a rural Jamaican musician who journeys to the city of Kingston in search of fame and fortune. Pushed to desperate circumstances by shady record producers and corrupt cops, he finally achieves notoriety- as a murderous outlaw. Boasting some of the greatest music ever produced in Jamaica, The Harder They Come brought the catchy and subversive rhythms of the rastas to the U.S. in the early '70s. Criterion is proud to present this underground classic in a new Director Approved special edition.

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Tony Palmer's Film About the Wagner Family Review

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Tony Palmer's Film About the Wagner Family ReviewI recognize the picture - it's on the cover of 'The Wagner Clan', a fairly enjoyable, gossipy little book by Jonathan Carr. However, the Amazon listing tells us nothing about the film itself. It doesn't even tell us the length. Could this be as good as 'The Golden Ring', or just another potboiler?
I thought I'd find out.
This is a fairly enjoyable, gossipy little film.
There are a few production issues, of which more later, but they don't detract from the entertainment value of watching the latter-day Wagners sniping at each other. Gottfried was in particularly good voice: he pioneered trolling long before the concept was popularized on the net. The internecine squabbling and daggers-drawn hatred is quite amazing, particularly the venom allegedly displayed by the late Wolfgang towards his brother's family, and his children by his first marriage. Katharina somehow manages to give a bad impression, even without the help of her family. If anything, the notorious Winifred, with her friend Adolf, come across as mild by comparison.
To give a very loose translation of the title of this review 'After Richard, they were a shower' (with the possible exception of Cosima).
If you are a Wagnerite, I suspect this film will irritate and entertain. At least that's how it affected me.
Production issues?
English voice-over rather than subtitles. In a film where most interviews were in German, this became annoying.
Constant switching between aspect ratios. Archive material 4:3, modern footage 16:9. There's nothing unusual about this, but the resultant DVD track didn't standardize, so my old Wega couldn't cope.
If you have read and enjoyed 'The Wagner Clan', you'll enjoy this film.
If you're a Wagnerite, you'll enjoy the shots of Wahnfried and the Festspielhaus.
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The Magic Flute (The Criterion Collection) (1975) Review

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The Magic Flute (The Criterion Collection) (1975) ReviewAbout Swedish auteur Ingmar Bergman's 1974 film-version of Mozart's fairy-tale opera "The Magic Flute" ("Trollflöjten" in Swedish), I am probably unable to be objective. I saw it when it came out, when I was in my second year as a student of Germanic and Scandinavian languages at UCLA. The girl I took to see it on the night that it opened at the Avco cinemas on Westwood Boulevard was baffled by it. She made it perfectly clear that she had no interest in dating me again. But my mother liked it when I insisted that she accompany me to see it, and so did my sister. Two years ago, when my son turned four, I ordered the VHS edition and introduced the lad to it; he responded immediately, was deeply impressed by the antics of Håken Hågegård's Papageno, and has been humming the tunes ever since. Recently I showed it to the students in my "Critical Philosophical Problems" class at Northwood University in Midland, Michigan. The Criterion DVD of Bergman's production is the best home-version yet. What is it that makes this the most endearing cinematic or video representation of Mozart's opera? Bergman filmed in the baroque Drottningsholmtheater in Stockholm. He exploits the wonderful charm of eighteenth century stagecraft and fosters the illusion that we are indeed witnessing a repertory traversal of "The Magic Flute" in a public venue. During the Overture, for example, we see the many faces in the audience, including a little girl (said to be Bergman's daughter) whose changing expression becomes the touchstone for onlooker-response during the two acts. On the other hand, we are aware that we are not really viewing some haphazard filming of a performance in the style of PBS at the Met. For the most part, Bergman takes us inside the action so that we forget the presence of stage and audience. So many details call out for notation. Notice how, by emphasizing a nod or a dirty look, Bergman conveys that the Three Ladies are not merely a girlish trio but resentment-driven servants of a resentment-driven Queen of the Night. Remark the gradual alteration of the Queen's appearance. Hågegård's bird-catcher surpasses any other know to me (and Bergman as director contributes mightily to the result). Ulrik Cold's Sarastro becomes a real and complicated person rather than the cardboard wiseman and lawgiver that he usually is. Swedish is as sinagble a language as Italian, with many feminine endings, so that the poetry strikes the ear as just as beautiful as the music. The English substitles are easy to follow and unobtrusive. One would have to be made of stone or wood not to laugh and cry by turns during the two hours and twenty minutes of this extraordinary film. Buy it for your children, especially if they are young. The dragon alone justifies the price of admission.The Magic Flute (The Criterion Collection) (1975) OverviewIngmar Bergman puts his indelible stamp on Mozart's exquisite opera in this sublime rendering of one of the composer's best-loved works: a celebration of love, forgiveness, and the brotherhood of man. The Magic Flute (Trollflöjten) stars Josef Köstlinger as Tamino, the young man determined to rescue a beautiful princess from the clutches of parental evil. Criterion's edition features the film's glorious soundtrack in the original stereo format.

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