Yeah, what a joke. We are supposed to think that it's ok to present Napoleonic officers speaking English, but only if with an accent. Whatever -- the film won best debut at Cannes.
-----Original Message----- From: bill kilpatrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:00 PM To: Stuart LeBlanc; Lutelist Subject: RE: medieval lutes? me too. i thought the negative criticism it received because keith carradine didn't spic wiz a frenge accsont was silly. --- Stuart LeBlanc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It should be noted for those who don't know, that > this film was directed and > co-produced by Ridley Scott, who is not of > Hollywood. He is one of the great > storytellers of cinema. Less importantly, his work > is noted for meticulous > production design. The current offering is one of a > few military epics, of > which I am very fond of The Duellists. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Benjamin Narvey > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 10:30 AM > To: Mathias Rösel > Cc: Lutelist > Subject: Re: medieval lutes? > > > Yes, I saw it too. I was dragged along against my > will to what I was sure was > to be typical Hollywood rubbish - but a medievalist > friend of mine assures me > the battle scenes were actually quite well > researched (they were genuinely > stunning) and I quite enjoyed Jacob Heringman's lute > playing. > > I particularly enjoyed the inevitable Hollywood > "moment of truth" speech of > the main protagonist who, of course, plays the role > of a politically correct > Crusader who defeats the muslims for the good of all > races, creeds, > etc....hmmmm. (What else!) > > Best, > > Benjamin > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > =?ISO-8859-1?b? > Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > saw Kindom of Heaven in the movies, yesterday. > Knights, fluently > > speaking Arabic with their attendants, Arabs > speaking with an accent. > > Music by and large tolerable (hardly any medieval > pieces). > > > > Made me wonder what became of the medieval song > project, and of medieval > > lute players in general. > > > > Best, > > > > Mathias > > > In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > =?ISO-8859-1?b? > Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > writes: > > saw Kindom of Heaven in the movies, yesterday. > Knights, fluently > > speaking Arabic with their attendants, Arabs > speaking with an accent. > > Music by and large tolerable (hardly any medieval > pieces). > > > > Made me wonder what became of the medieval song > project, and of medieval > > lute players in general. > > > > Best, > > > > Mathias > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - want a free and easy way to contact your friends online? http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
