It's interesting, and I suppose to be expected, that we scrutinize
those things that are dear to us, and disregard the rest..
I haven't seen the movie, but I am bold enough to hazard a guess that
almost every aspect of the movie was incorrect: the clothes; the
haircuts; the sets; the dialog; the accents, etc., etc.. It would be
virtually impossible to get all the details correct. But what stands
out? The lute is too small.
I don't mean to sound like I'm picking on you, Gary, because I do the
same thing. Imagine watching a movie with me that has a guitar player
in it, and you might think of lines like:
'Did you see that? He's not really playing'
'On that close-up those were someone else's hands.'
'Look, the guitar/mic isn't even plugged in.'
'Hey, you can still hear her play even when her hands aren't on the
guitar.'
etc.etc.
morgan
__________________________________________________________________
From: Gary Digman <magg...@sonic.net>
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Thu, June 10, 2010 4:02:38 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute sighting
I just saw the new "Robin Hood" with Russell Crowe. Indeed there are
scenes with a small lute. One small point however, in one scene of
the
people of Nottingham at a party/dance outdoors the band consists of
one
small lute, one recorder, one vielle and percussion. It's late in the
party and the revellers have been drinking. The crowd is very noisy,
but the lute can be heard above the din as if it were the lead guitar
in a rock band. Only in the movies.
Gary
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