02-26-2005, 12:46 AM
Hi all,<br>
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Last I heard on the scene in Sydney was that there were three projects that Bazmark was considering for the next film. Alexander was last on that list because the 'money men' were nervous about fall out from Stone's film. I did not think that they included De Laurentis who is as fearless as it gets from what I have heard! In the papers here in November Baz stated he was still keen on the project. It would be filmed in Broken Hill at last report or in China depending on the numbers of trained soldiers the film could get from the Government. (Apparently the king of Morocco was willing to provide inordinate amounts of cavalry and infantry that Australia cannot /simply does not have. The request was for 500 trained horsemen and the rest could be done with cgi. I suggested to them that they could do it with a couple of syntagma of infantry (512 men) and a couple of wedges of cavalry (possibly only 64 riders)). I also sent them a copy of Aelian's Tactica to get the formations and commands from. Something Stone's Alexander didn't suggest to me was the close formation of the phalanx. it was always too loose IMO and far too vulnerable to missiles (fired from massive distances away in the film). None of the breaking up of the flight of missiles which made the phalanx virtually impenetrable.<br>
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I think the recent success of Leonardo Di Caprio in The Aviator may have swayed opinions and may be seen as a chance for 'money men' to cash in even with another Alexander. I can only hope that the film does go ahead.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam<br>
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'Modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one asks' - Tolstoy War and Peace Ep. ii.1</p><i></i>
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Last I heard on the scene in Sydney was that there were three projects that Bazmark was considering for the next film. Alexander was last on that list because the 'money men' were nervous about fall out from Stone's film. I did not think that they included De Laurentis who is as fearless as it gets from what I have heard! In the papers here in November Baz stated he was still keen on the project. It would be filmed in Broken Hill at last report or in China depending on the numbers of trained soldiers the film could get from the Government. (Apparently the king of Morocco was willing to provide inordinate amounts of cavalry and infantry that Australia cannot /simply does not have. The request was for 500 trained horsemen and the rest could be done with cgi. I suggested to them that they could do it with a couple of syntagma of infantry (512 men) and a couple of wedges of cavalry (possibly only 64 riders)). I also sent them a copy of Aelian's Tactica to get the formations and commands from. Something Stone's Alexander didn't suggest to me was the close formation of the phalanx. it was always too loose IMO and far too vulnerable to missiles (fired from massive distances away in the film). None of the breaking up of the flight of missiles which made the phalanx virtually impenetrable.<br>
<br>
I think the recent success of Leonardo Di Caprio in The Aviator may have swayed opinions and may be seen as a chance for 'money men' to cash in even with another Alexander. I can only hope that the film does go ahead.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
<br>
Muzzaguchi <p>It is an unscrupulous intellect that does not pay Antiquity its due reverence - Erasmus of Rotterdam<br>
<br>
'Modern history, like a deaf man, answers questions no one asks' - Tolstoy War and Peace Ep. ii.1</p><i></i>
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