02-04-2005, 05:21 PM
It is a very long job.
I report just main things.
"The pretty location of Vicariello (Rome) hosted the HBO production set of one of the episodes battles between Caesar's legions and the Gauls.
More than 200 peoples, stunts and actors were involved in many breath-taking scenes, were Ars Dimicandi is the main direct protagonist.
Mr. Dario Battaglia is the movie Historical Advisor. In July, together with some military trainers of the Cohors Veterana, Lucius (Giuseppe Battista) and Leo (Danilo Lazzarini) they trained 55 men for the special figurants. In this episode, the battle, the desire to join in a movie years of research and military experiments, has been fulfilled.
(...) the Ars Dimicandi experience is become an extraordinary show.
"Barbarians Hordes were hidden in the mist (...) the soldiers were waiting for them in the valley ordered by 10x8 men centuries.
Suddenly - says Dario Battaglia - they run toward us, impacting the first line. (...)"
"Many situations were not coreografated, but everyone was acting freely as trained. It was really realistic and we had a lot of fun..."
The coordinator of the special figurations, Billy Bud (Royal Marine and coreographer of Oliver Stone in "Alexander") asked to Ars Dimicandi 30 "true" gauls, in order to "launch" them on the legionaries previously trained.
"This the first movie in the world - says Dario Battaglia - where is possible to see how the roman army fights! An incredible satisfaction".
(...)
Since sunday night the set was terribly chilled: -8 °C in the night (about 17 Fahrenheit).
Than the rain wednwesday and the bad mud (...)
"We were close to a mutiny - says Leo - and many were not able to pass the night going back home sick. (...) Fortunately these are men that, as we from the Cohors Veterana, do seriously camps and they are not afraid of hot, cool, to be hungry or thirsty".
(...) "
I report just main things.
"The pretty location of Vicariello (Rome) hosted the HBO production set of one of the episodes battles between Caesar's legions and the Gauls.
More than 200 peoples, stunts and actors were involved in many breath-taking scenes, were Ars Dimicandi is the main direct protagonist.
Mr. Dario Battaglia is the movie Historical Advisor. In July, together with some military trainers of the Cohors Veterana, Lucius (Giuseppe Battista) and Leo (Danilo Lazzarini) they trained 55 men for the special figurants. In this episode, the battle, the desire to join in a movie years of research and military experiments, has been fulfilled.
(...) the Ars Dimicandi experience is become an extraordinary show.
"Barbarians Hordes were hidden in the mist (...) the soldiers were waiting for them in the valley ordered by 10x8 men centuries.
Suddenly - says Dario Battaglia - they run toward us, impacting the first line. (...)"
"Many situations were not coreografated, but everyone was acting freely as trained. It was really realistic and we had a lot of fun..."
The coordinator of the special figurations, Billy Bud (Royal Marine and coreographer of Oliver Stone in "Alexander") asked to Ars Dimicandi 30 "true" gauls, in order to "launch" them on the legionaries previously trained.
"This the first movie in the world - says Dario Battaglia - where is possible to see how the roman army fights! An incredible satisfaction".
(...)
Since sunday night the set was terribly chilled: -8 °C in the night (about 17 Fahrenheit).
Than the rain wednwesday and the bad mud (...)
"We were close to a mutiny - says Leo - and many were not able to pass the night going back home sick. (...) Fortunately these are men that, as we from the Cohors Veterana, do seriously camps and they are not afraid of hot, cool, to be hungry or thirsty".
(...) "
