09-30-2002, 02:08 AM
Hi,<br>
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Indeed Fellini's Satyricon was a bit of a trip - I watched it totally sober (kind of felt the same way with Mulholland Drive). Anyway, here is my list - not quite 7 but I will just add to it in my brazen attempt to grab a denarius! .<br>
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I saw Hero which was filmed in Gaelic, Old English, Old French, and Latin (1980?) that was great all about the Hound of Ulster whose Gaelic spelling I won't embarrass myself attempting. It had surtitles but was a fascinating way to promote the Gaelic language (which I think it was mainly for)<br>
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I actually enjoyed The Egyptian with Victor Mature but I really want to see The Tartars with VM and Orson Welles - I came across some publicity stills really cheap and they looked unhistorically fun.<br>
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Barabas with Anthony Quinn and Ernest Borgnine and Demetrius and the Gladiators I think are underrated - especially the Tigers in Demetrius. (Mature making amends for that Lion skin in Samson).<br>
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I would also like to see Scipio Africanus - a film made in 1936 for Mussolini's propaganda. The interesting thing is that until that point most Italian films were the Spartacus/Quo Vadis type and they obviously were not the kind of thing you wanted to promote as Mussolini.<br>
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Speaking of Quo Vadis - has anyone seen either the 1913 or 1924 versions? They sound great or the 1934 Sign of the Cross?<br>
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There were also Operas at the time dedicated to the spectacle of Rome (Boito's Nero (1924), Mascagni's Nero (1936 - he obviously changed his history because this was a panegyric for Mussolini) and others earlier Quo Vadis (1909) the list goes on. Actually looking at the production photos a great deal of effort was put into stage and costume. Would make an interesting comparison with film costume (you already had Norma, Attila, etc from the 19th century and L'incoronatizone di Poppea from the 16th not to mention all those Handel and Mozart operas. But I digress.<br>
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I will add more as I remember them in my brazen attempt.<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi<br>
<br>
<br>
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Indeed Fellini's Satyricon was a bit of a trip - I watched it totally sober (kind of felt the same way with Mulholland Drive). Anyway, here is my list - not quite 7 but I will just add to it in my brazen attempt to grab a denarius! .<br>
<br>
I saw Hero which was filmed in Gaelic, Old English, Old French, and Latin (1980?) that was great all about the Hound of Ulster whose Gaelic spelling I won't embarrass myself attempting. It had surtitles but was a fascinating way to promote the Gaelic language (which I think it was mainly for)<br>
<br>
I actually enjoyed The Egyptian with Victor Mature but I really want to see The Tartars with VM and Orson Welles - I came across some publicity stills really cheap and they looked unhistorically fun.<br>
<br>
Barabas with Anthony Quinn and Ernest Borgnine and Demetrius and the Gladiators I think are underrated - especially the Tigers in Demetrius. (Mature making amends for that Lion skin in Samson).<br>
<br>
I would also like to see Scipio Africanus - a film made in 1936 for Mussolini's propaganda. The interesting thing is that until that point most Italian films were the Spartacus/Quo Vadis type and they obviously were not the kind of thing you wanted to promote as Mussolini.<br>
<br>
Speaking of Quo Vadis - has anyone seen either the 1913 or 1924 versions? They sound great or the 1934 Sign of the Cross?<br>
<br>
There were also Operas at the time dedicated to the spectacle of Rome (Boito's Nero (1924), Mascagni's Nero (1936 - he obviously changed his history because this was a panegyric for Mussolini) and others earlier Quo Vadis (1909) the list goes on. Actually looking at the production photos a great deal of effort was put into stage and costume. Would make an interesting comparison with film costume (you already had Norma, Attila, etc from the 19th century and L'incoronatizone di Poppea from the 16th not to mention all those Handel and Mozart operas. But I digress.<br>
<br>
I will add more as I remember them in my brazen attempt.<br>
<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<p></p><i></i>
Murray K Dahm
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\'\'\'\'No matter how many you kill, you cannot kill your successor\'\'\'\' - Seneca to Nero - Dio 62
\'\'\'\'There is no way of correcting wrongdoing in those who think that the height of virtue consists in the execution of their will\'\'\'\' - Ammianus Marcellinus 27.7.9
