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Register General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board Search Terms:  Search Within:  topics posts since 2019 2018 posts 2017 posts 2016 posts 2015 posts 2014 posts 2013 posts 2012 posts 2011 posts 2010 posts 2009 posts 2008 posts 2007 posts 2006 posts 2005 posts 2004 posts 2003 posts 2002 posts 2001 posts 2000 posts users  search tips  You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1      Non-Film Score Discussion: COUNTERPOINT   Last Post   Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 12:53 PM     By:   Chickenhearted   (Member)    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 1:02 PM     By:   Grecchus   (Member) Opposing Noses?    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 1:05 PM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Hey - its Ennio Morricone ..with hair!    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 1:52 PM     By:   Sir David of Garland   (Member) If that's Charlton Heston playing a conductor, then I hope I never see this film, whatever it is, event though I sometimes like music-type films. Cripes, that man can annoy me faster than anyone.    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 2:21 PM     By:   Alexander Zambra   (Member) What's the point then, just to counter David?    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 2:55 PM     By:   WILLIAMDMCCRUM   (Member) The original title was to be 'Battle Horns', but they picked a cooler one. Actually, the phenomenon to which the term refers is less skillfully used in film scores these days ....    Posted:   Mar 17, 2015 - 7:46 PM     By:   Christopher Kinsinger   (Member) "What's the point then, just to counter David?" NO, Alex! To COUNTER his POINT!    Posted:   Mar 20, 2015 - 10:43 PM     By:   Chickenhearted   (Member) Opposing Noses?    Posted:   Mar 20, 2015 - 11:54 PM     By:   Morricone   (Member) I was a big admirer of director Ralph Nelson but he seemed only as good as his writers. This film was situated between DUEL AT DIABLO and CHARLY but was written by James Lee and Joel Oliansky, whose only decent film between the both of them was BIRD (1988) and frankly that wasn't any great shakes of a screenplay. Of course when I check out of a film due to boredom I immediately focus on the score. All I remember from this whole thing was that, in between the classical pieces, Bronislau Kaper's next to last score was admirable, although not supported by the drama and hence a bit out of place.    Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 3:00 AM     By:   Bill Carson, Earl of Poncey   (Member) Hey - its Ennio Morricone ..with hair! im serious - imagine no hair and the glasses?! Its official - separated at birth, ennio and charlton heston. We need someone to mock up that pic with bald head and The glasses so you see what i mean !!    Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 11:47 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) I watched this movie a few months ago, after discovering it had been released on Universal Vaults DVD over two years ago. I hadn't seen it since the early seventies when in syndication it was ubiquitous on TV. It's one of those Universal "Made-for TV" quality Panavision movies from the studio made entirely on the back lot. The script is the problem here and I can't imagine anyone involved did it for anything other than the money. Heston always claimed it was the challenge to realistically pull-off playing a conductor, but I never believed that B.S. Heston was the epitome of the pompous, pretentious bore Hollywood actor. You really have to wonder who he though he was fooling -- and I liked the guy, except for his political boneheadedness. The Universal Vaults series DVD is in anamorphic 16X9 full Panavision and doesn't look bad. Worth getting if you're interested, as it's unlikely Universal has any plans for a Blu-ray.    Posted:   Mar 21, 2015 - 6:26 PM     By:   Bob DiMucci   (Member) The Universal Vaults series DVD is in anamorphic 16X9 full Panavision [and] doesn't look bad. Techniscope, actually. Universal did a lot of their late 1960s product in that film-stock-frugal process.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2015 - 7:33 AM     By:   Last Child   (Member) I also have the MOD dvd. I enjoyed it in spite of some cliche plot points. Wasnt bored, perhaps because there's inherent tension in life-and-death plots. Interesting cast and story, and looked like a normal widescreen feature film from that time. I didnt get any sense of a limited 'TV movie budget' - not like other budget 1960s Universal flicks I've seen.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2015 - 9:09 AM     By:   RoryR   (Member) Techniscope, actually. Universal did a lot of their late 1960s product in that film-stock-frugal process. Right, Techniscope, which means it's top and bottom cropped 35mm. I still say it looks like a Made-for-TV feature, though a very high budgeted one, but it's mostly interiors. What's exterior is strictly the Universal back lot, much fake snow, and Albert Whitlock matte paintings. It's just not very convincing and the least convincing element is the script, which is hackneyed at best. Still, it triumphs in not being a bad movie, just not a very good one.    Posted:   Mar 22, 2015 - 11:15 AM     By:   Last Child   (Member) If that's Charlton Heston playing a conductor, then I hope I never see this film, whatever it is, event though I sometimes like music-type films. Cripes, that man can annoy me faster than anyone. he's clearly one of the stars, but it's an ensemble story so he's not the sole focus. It's an enjoyable movie, but judge for yourself. I guess I dont mind fake snow and matte paintings. If you need a movie to be made on location under real weather conditions, I guess you'll be disappointed...with most movies, actually.     Non-Film Score Discussion: COUNTERPOINT    < 1  >   Go to page:  1   First Post    General Discussion • Trading Post • Non-Film Score Discussion  Profile • Preferences • Community Rules • Help/Contact • Search Board You must log in or register to post.   Go to page:  1

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