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I hadn't seen this film for years so I went to see it at my local Cineworld last night. I had forgotten what an amazing film this is. Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss gave outstanding performances didn't they?
You may or may not agree that as a director, Spielberg was something of a genius during the 70s and 80s. Apart from War of the Worlds I don't think his films have quite the same quality.
You may or may not agree that as a director, Spielberg was something of a genius during the 70s and 80s. Apart from War of the Worlds I don't think his films have quite the same quality.
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>>>Spielberg was something of a genius during the 70s and 80s
I think he (along with Lucas) were first on the scene with what you may call the "big blockbuster" type movie (though I have never rated Lucas as a good film director execpt for American Grafiti)
These movies were particularly aimed at the new young "teen and 20s" audience with loads of moeny that wanted to go to the movies (not that his movies were only aimed at teens and 20s).
They were also the first to see the tie up between movies and merchandising, where you brought out the "toys" at the same time you brought out the movie.
They were also the first to have tie-ups with places like McDonalds etc when a new movie came out.
However even allowing for these things the movies by Spielberg stood up as great movies in their own right - Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters, E.T, and so on.
Pity he never got the recognition from the Oscar for these movies and it was only when he made more "serious" films like Color Purple and Schindlers List did he get any Oscars.
But he is 65 now and like most "artists" in any media, you run out of ideas and find yourself repeating what you have done before. It is very hard to come up with new ideas decade after decade.
I think he (along with Lucas) were first on the scene with what you may call the "big blockbuster" type movie (though I have never rated Lucas as a good film director execpt for American Grafiti)
These movies were particularly aimed at the new young "teen and 20s" audience with loads of moeny that wanted to go to the movies (not that his movies were only aimed at teens and 20s).
They were also the first to see the tie up between movies and merchandising, where you brought out the "toys" at the same time you brought out the movie.
They were also the first to have tie-ups with places like McDonalds etc when a new movie came out.
However even allowing for these things the movies by Spielberg stood up as great movies in their own right - Jaws, Indiana Jones, Close Encounters, E.T, and so on.
Pity he never got the recognition from the Oscar for these movies and it was only when he made more "serious" films like Color Purple and Schindlers List did he get any Oscars.
But he is 65 now and like most "artists" in any media, you run out of ideas and find yourself repeating what you have done before. It is very hard to come up with new ideas decade after decade.
bookboo - a little trivia for you.
Robert Shaw was a notorious drinker, and the day before the WWII scene, he was too drunk to film, and Spielberg sent him home. The next day, he returned and they shot that sequence.
The really cool part is, that part where the story comes in was not scripted - Shaw improvised it on the spot and Spielberg and everyone on set was so mesmerised, they let him finish it, and they kept it in the finished edit of the film.
Robert Shaw was a notorious drinker, and the day before the WWII scene, he was too drunk to film, and Spielberg sent him home. The next day, he returned and they shot that sequence.
The really cool part is, that part where the story comes in was not scripted - Shaw improvised it on the spot and Spielberg and everyone on set was so mesmerised, they let him finish it, and they kept it in the finished edit of the film.
VHG - i think any composer would agree that composing is - as Keith Richards said - a matrter of 'having your arial up ...' and seeing what your mind picks up.
On that basis, a degree of onconcious plaigarism is boud to occur in any composition.
Here, i can see a 9very) tenuous link between thw two pieces, but mainly that's in tne tempo, and 'Mars' from the Planets has an equally dramatic opening section.
Such anomalies exist all the time, and are generally accepted.
I don't know if Paul Weller was actually thinking of The Beatles' 'Tax Man' when he wrote 'Start', but you do have to wonder - here they are for comparison (or compHarrison if you will!)
On that basis, a degree of onconcious plaigarism is boud to occur in any composition.
Here, i can see a 9very) tenuous link between thw two pieces, but mainly that's in tne tempo, and 'Mars' from the Planets has an equally dramatic opening section.
Such anomalies exist all the time, and are generally accepted.
I don't know if Paul Weller was actually thinking of The Beatles' 'Tax Man' when he wrote 'Start', but you do have to wonder - here they are for comparison (or compHarrison if you will!)
Interesting - but i maintain my point, that a lot of similarities are down to tempo and opccasional chord structures, which are obviously accepted in the music world.
If not, every single blues musiaicn would be suing every other blues musician because the twelve-bar chord sequences is commont to almost all blues tunes.
And Chcuk Berry would have to sue himself for copying his own riffs.
See link for more of the same. Media URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_plagiarism
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If not, every single blues musiaicn would be suing every other blues musician because the twelve-bar chord sequences is commont to almost all blues tunes.
And Chcuk Berry would have to sue himself for copying his own riffs.
See link for more of the same. Media URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_plagiarism
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