Not exact matches
The collapse of central planning in the East had its own internal dynamics, but the long reach of advertised and advertising
Western music,
film, television, fashion - the sacraments of consumerism — played an acknowledged role in making centrally planned economies appear unbearably shoddy and barren.
Our staff reviews the developments in
film,
music, theater, literature, art, and television that offer hope that
Western civilization hasn't yet gone completely to seed (and a few signs that it has).
On today's edition of WBFO's Press Pass, Pat Feldballe and Buffalo Niagara
Film Commissioner Tim Clark discuss prospecting at the Sundance
Film Festival, an upcoming
film by a director making his third movie in
Western New York and a
music video shot in an iconic city location.
The
music from
western culture was designed to induce a range of emotions from calm to excited, and from happy to anxious or sad, and included both orchestral
music and excerpts from three popular
films (Psycho, Star Wars, and Schindler's List).
Throughout the
film, compelling arguments are made for how
Western forms of
music incorporated the rhythms and vocal stylings of traditional Native American
music.
Underneath the drama about the country -
western music business and the election campaign of an unseen, independent (populist) party candidate, the multi-faceted, beautifully - structured
film is an ensemble piece, a rich mosaic and a complex tapestry.
The Nashville Metro airport is a scene awash with marching bands, live newcasters, security police, twirlers, the Chamber of Commerce and an adoring crowd of fans for the arrival of Barbara Jean (Ronee Blakely in her
film debut), the reigning lady of country -
western music, who «has been away for special treatment at the Baltimore Burn Center» following an accident.
Francesco De Masi's score does nothing to hide his Italian background and occasionally gives the
film a spaghetti
western feel (some have noticed a striking similarity between De Masi's work here and Ennio Morricone's Once Upon a Time in the West
music).
If the
film failed to live up to expectations (though personally I thought it was OK) then surely the score could not be accused of such a thing; delightfully recalling Bernstein's classic
western scores, it features several great themes, some rollicking action
music and one chance after another to just have a smile on your face.
This inspired an unexpected independent
film of great visual beauty and unconventional structure which introduced
western audiences to Indian culture and
music and launched Renoir on a new international phase of his career.
I thought the
music in the trailer was just part of a quirky marketing campaign, but no, that Ennio Morricone-esque score is right over the opening credits, giving the
film yet another layer of fun and interest, as it suggests that Gleeson pictures himself as a spaghetti
western hero, cocky but with a deeper layer of dissatisfaction and restlessness.
While the
film seems like the sort that would cry out for memorable
music (many
westerns do), the Coens rarely play things by the rules.
The
music in the
film by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis is also fantastic and really sets the
Western Texas tone.
Though Leone wanted Morricone to compose the
music before
filming began on each of the preceding Clint Eastwood
westerns, only the last reel of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly was
filmed and edited according to the pre-written
music.
He announces his intentions in the opening credits, with
music and red text titles that hark back to the 1960's Italian - produced
Westerns, even including the
music by Luis Bacalov from the original Django movie (which starred Franco Nero, who plays a small role in this new
film as the Italian in the bar who asks Django his name).
The original
music is too heroic and unconflicted for a 21st - century
Western, which Antoine Fuqua's new
film certainly is: Multicultural in its casting and pointedly political in its choice of bad guy, The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 movie all the way.
The
film is a rousing entertainment with catchy
music and terrific choreography; it's just that the Bollywood touches are made all the more palatable for the
Western viewer through familiar, comfortable packaging.
My list of didn't - see - yet shame includes: Eskil Vogt's Blind that everyone raved about, Brendan Gleeson's Calvary which Fox Searchlight picked up, German drama Wetlands, Jake Paltrow's sci - fi
western Young Ones, Jim Mickle's Cold in July, bedtime horror The Babadook that some said is the best of the fest, Mark Duplass & Elisabeth Moss in The One I Love, Jenny Slate in Obvious Child, A.J. Edwards» Lincoln
film The Better Angels, plus the highly praised closing night
film They Came Together, not to mention the Audience Award winning doc Alive Inside: A Story of
Music & Memory.
Among the
film composers who've incorporated the often - mystical sounds of ancient ethnic
music into
western civilization's more straight - laced approach to movie scoring, the creative explorations of Mychael Danna has managed to turn soundtracks into a state of Zen.
Also, the game reproduces a «grainy
film» effect and uses
music from various Spaghetti
Western films, including those composed by Ennio Morricone.
Also, the game reproduces a «grainy
film» effect and uses
music from various Spaghetti
Western films.
During high school, his tastes diversified; he loved Yellow Magic Orchestra, begun to appreciate
Western pop
music, and also started to enjoy the work of modernist composers and his protegé, late
film composer Jerry Goldsmith.
The panoramic view of inventive female imagery in the
film and the selection of the
music reveal the irony reflected in political and cultural norms between Eastern and
Western societies.
Asheville, North Carolina The largest city in
Western North Carolina is also its most artistically - inclined, with strong traditions in live
music, performing arts,
film and fine arts.
Instead of seeing
films and hearing
music portraying the culture and peoples of her ancestral continent, she grew up surrounded by media almost exclusively entrenched in
Western culture with little representation.