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Ennio Morricone Double-Header
(FILM) Northwest Film Forum’s series on film music brings two fantastic movies scored by Ennio Morricone (due to be tapped for an honorary Oscar this year): Sergio Leone’s archetypal spaghetti Western, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, and Battle of Algiers, Gillo Pontecorvo’s stunning account of the 1950s uprising against French colonial occupiers in Algeria—shown in 2003 at the Pentagon as an illustration of what could go wrong in Iraq. (Northwest Film Forum, 1515 12th Ave, 267-5380. 6:15 pm (The Good…), 9:30 pm (Battle of Algiers), $5—$8.50.) ANNIE WAGNER
No movie ever made, not even "Lawrence of Arabia", loses more when transferred to TV than "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly". While I prefer the absurd minimalism of "For A Few Dollars More", GBU is better cinematically. A stone cold masterpiece. Maybe THE stone cold masterpiece. The desert fires of hell will burn you into your seat.
Battle of Algiers is a mindblowing movie. It made me cry and want to throw up.
Still bummed I missed my chance to see Morricone in NYC . . .
I agree with Fnarf (I know, what are the odds?): I prefer For a Few Dollars More, but GBU is genre-defining. It must be seen on a big screen to be fully appreciated. Morricone's scores for both are among the best soundtracks ever, themselves inspiring an entire genre of music. Calexico should be sending Morricone royalty checks (this I say lovingly.)
Viva Morricone!
@1,4 - yup. But Battle of Algiers is timeless and well recommended.
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