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[Romancing the Stone]

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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by SonicMan46 - Today at 06:03:20 AM

Romancing the Stone (1984) - WOW! Film is now 40 years old! Favorite of mine, in part because  my colleague and I spent a week in Colombia speaking at a radiology meeting in the 1980s - quotes below discuss cast and story - second quote - NONE of the filming was done in Colombia, mostly Mexico around Veracruz. Still a great adventure comedy for me.  Dave

Romancing the Stone is a 1984 action adventure romantic comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Diane Thomas and produced by Michael Douglas, who also stars in the film alongside Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. The film follows a romance novelist who must venture beyond her New York City comfort zone to Colombia in order to save her sister from criminals who are holding her for ransom. (Source)

Filming locations included Veracruz, Mexico (Fort of San Juan de Ulúa), Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico, and Snow Canyon, Utah. The scene where Turner and Douglas get separated on opposite banks on a whitewater river was filmed on the Rio Antigua near the town of Jalcomulco, Veracruz (Source)

 

#2

The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by DavidW - Today at 06:03:00 AM

That was a cute little movie but its Best Picture win annoyed me a little bit - and its Best Original Score win DEFINITELY made me angry since so much of the score was copied from Bernard Herrmann and not original at all!

Looking at the Best Picture contenders that year, it seems to have been a pretty poor year overall for movies. I haven't seen the critically beloved Tree of Life, and A Separation wasn't nominated, so I think I would have voted for...Moneyball?

I stopped paying attention to Oscars long ago!  It seems like self-congratulatory and myopic nonsense from Hollywood.

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General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by Florestan - Today at 05:32:52 AM

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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by Brian - Today at 05:22:20 AM

You can do that and keep PD happy!

That was a cute little movie but its Best Picture win annoyed me a little bit - and its Best Original Score win DEFINITELY made me angry since so much of the score was copied from Bernard Herrmann and not original at all!

Looking at the Best Picture contenders that year, it seems to have been a pretty poor year overall for movies. I haven't seen the critically beloved Tree of Life, and A Separation wasn't nominated, so I think I would have voted for...Moneyball?

#5

The Diner / Re: What are you currently rea...

Last post by T. D. - Today at 04:37:00 AM

Thanks. I never know with memoirs, as they can sometimes be overly wordy.
I noticed there's a large English book with all three volumes.

I had Crowds and Power unread on the shelf for years because I found it intimidating. But once I started, it was not as difficult a read as expected.

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Bach Six Partitas

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 03:32:17 AM

WTF! Bach's keyboard music is nowadays still mostly played on anachronistic instruments.

Anachronistic or not, I think Helmchen has made a lovely recording!

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Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Bach Six Partitas

Last post by Mandryka - Today at 03:31:36 AM

I've known the performance for ages but I've only just found this video.

Jarrett wonderfully dancing before he starts to play in the rondo

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The Diner / Re: Last Movie You Watched

Last post by DavidW - Today at 03:21:29 AM

Now he's gonna watch nothing but silent movies for the rest of the month 

You can do that and keep PD happy!

#9

General Classical Music Discussion / Re: What are you listening 2 n...

Last post by DavidW - Today at 03:19:38 AM

Bach songs from the Suzuki set.  Quite lovely, and I don't know if I've even listened to them before.

#10

Great Recordings and Reviews / Re: Bach Six Partitas

Last post by Luke - Today at 03:10:34 AM

As many do in Mozart concertos.

Not saying they don't. But he's one that chooses to do so - and though they are small moments, I think you can hear that they are born of an overflow of expressive imperative and not just for scholarly reasons.

Have you listened to his Bach? The Goldberg Var., the French Suites, the WTC?

Sure, and in other composers too. I recognise what you are saying, but I do hear individuality and occasional impulsiveness there too.