Slog - Comments on Today the Stranger Suggests http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9 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... Copyright 2008 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:23:48 -0800 Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:40:47 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Fnarf 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.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644120 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644120 Arts Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:46:04 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com Battle of Algiers is a mindblowing movie. It made me cry and want to throw up.

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644154 Arts Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:19:30 -0800 Comment by Levislade Still bummed I missed my chance to see Morricone in NYC . . .

]]> Levislade http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644189 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644189 Arts Wed, 21 Feb 2007 13:50:04 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo 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!

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644222 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644222 Arts Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:35:33 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @1,4 - yup. But Battle of Algiers is timeless and well recommended.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644246 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/today_the_stranger_suggests_9#c644246 Arts Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:56:38 -0800 Comment by kidney stone kidney stone kidney stone

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