tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post8590642419097840897..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: The Desert of the Tartars: 1976 movie, ItalyDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-61973605357705050772012-08-26T12:39:01.081-07:002012-08-26T12:39:01.081-07:00Point well taken on Morricone's score. In my d...Point well taken on Morricone's score. In my defense I did have a paragraph with a link to the Italian trailer on YouTube for the film and mentioned you would get a chance to hear some of the score. Since the trailer didn't have subtitles I decided to delete the link and deleted the entire paragraph. Oh well, just another reminder that "preview" is your friend.<br /><br />I agree that is a great adaptation. Max Von Sydow is wonderful is it...shoot, they all are. I hope I made clear that the changes they made worked very well.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-22072692204618151322012-08-24T16:10:37.324-07:002012-08-24T16:10:37.324-07:00How can you watch the movie and say nothing of Enn...How can you watch the movie and say nothing of Ennio Morricone's score? It's one of his finest compositions:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtSvXcetJDY<br /><br />It's the sound of sadness, melancholy.<br /><br />Although Drogo's trip back to the city isn't shown, nor his inability to adapt to civilian life, I'm pleased with the expansion of Ortiz' character. Max Von Sydow played him very well - I burst into tears when they shook hands in the end, and then Ortiz does what he does, which is not in the novel but sounds to me like a logical result of his leaving the fort that had become his only life.<br /><br />The movie is for me one of the best adaptations of a novel.LMRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538873868140070018noreply@blogger.com