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Dec 29, 2004 - 2:22 PM
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SheriffJoe
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I am having a hard time reconciling the image of Bambi being squished by Godzilla and the death of more than 70,000 human beings in such a traumatic and horrific fashion. This is a tragedy of epic proportions, literally. When scientists discuss a wobble in the planet's rotation and the shifting of entire islands further out to sea, not to mention the multitude of diseases eminating from the thousands of bodies decomposing in the sweltering heat, one cannot help but realize the enormity of this event. This is nature at it's most powerful and unforgiving. This was a slaughter. Further, when one realizes that roughly HALF of the dead are children...the terror of this disaster becomes complete. That accounts for at LEAST 35,000 children dead so far...and the diseases haven't even begun their harvesting of life. A solemn requiem would do. A dirge, however, might be more appropriate. I can't imagine anything composed for film would work at this time...at least, I can't think of anything off the top of my head. However, Bambi Versus Godzilla certainly doesn't come to mind! SheriffJoe
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That's painfully OT as in On Topic: You may recall the scene in THEM! of a military telegrapher or whatever transcribing a morse code SOS. We see the message about the disaster out at sea and then suddenly we cut to the horrific attack on board the vessel. The scene and the sudden cut with the Kaper music is an unforgettable horror film moment. Perhaps you found out about the earthquake and the tsunami somewhat later than a lot of folks as I. For some reason I failed to turn on the news with breakfast Sunday morning. Anyway, it seemed like I read about the disaster and then went to the videotape. Thus, the ambiance of that reference to the movie about them giant ants. But it doesn't end there. From the moment I saw the videotape I was also reminded of that horrific scene in Deep Impact of the Leoni and Schell daughter/father characters embracing on the beach as the monstrous wave surged and then overtook. I cannot forget her last word: "Daddy?" It is one of the most terrifying things I have seen in all of filmdom. The Horner score didn't add anything for me to this film. In fact, on the whole I wasn't all that impressed with the picture. But that scene on the beach... ...The thought of a violent ocean movement hurtling at near jet-like speed is beyond my comprehension. But scoring something as tragically phenomenal as this event is not. Normally, "swirly" events as a storm approaching calls for the opening of North By Northwest or The Big Country, et al. but in this case, those cues just do not do justice to the horror of last Sunday. And true, Mr. Barry's Gifts of Nature (yeah right there's one for irony) from Beyondness Of Things must certainly be pulled out and given its proper listen at this time. But I am having trouble putting my film score finger on this one. ...On the other hand...oh what the hell...I am almost ashamed...I am ashamed to admit...the ambiance of the whole damn thing is precisely captured in the scoring of Bambi Meets Godzilla. Think about it. They're all enjoying a lovely morning on the beach. Maybe even a quiet morning. And just like that it's all over. You are NUTS. You equate a global disaster of this proportion to rushing out and watching old movies? Send the RED CROSS SOME MONEY!
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Dec 30, 2004 - 3:46 PM
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joan hue
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Kris, I do understand your reaction, but I must say that Howard is not nuts nor insensitive. Far from it. You just don't know him. (Howard, I hope I'm interpreting you correctly. Correct me if I'm not.) If you go back through some of Howard's original threads, you'll see that he intellectually and emotionally truly understands how magnificently UNIVERSAL well-composed film music is. He has written about how film music taps emotionally into our very souls, covering our huge pallette of emotions. Film music too has been composed to underscore everyday pedestrian situations, slight to tragic irony, intimate to universal recall and rememberances, and the wonderous beauty of benevolent Nature or the horrors of random and impersonal Nature. Perhaps one of our most delightful ( and maybe gone) discussions occurred when a gentle snow covered the East, and Howard picked film scores that underscored these starry, snowy nights. Seemed like for a magical few days we all became poets on that thread. Now Howard has found the "Everyman-ness" of film music that underscores a tragic occurance from Nature that confounds our imaginations and horrifies us with its magnitude. I'm certain that his connection of film music to extreme tragedy again points out a side of the universality of music but in no way reflects a lack of profound sympathy or empathy for the victims. When I watch the horror of this event on television, I personally hear the plaintive strings of Williams' Schindler's List, and I feel frustrated in my inability to heal all of this.
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I've been guilty myself of insensitivity on occasions like this, so I won't condemn outright. But I don't see the point of this thread, or the other one started by the thread started. I've checked on Howard's contribution to the boards, and he's probably posted more than me, but not to any of the threads I've contributed to. Given that I usually contribute to the blindingly obvious, I'm not sure what that observation satisfies ?. Maybe I need to read deeper into the thread !.
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Aug 26, 2011 - 8:14 PM
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Howard L
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Dose of m'own medicine. Again. It's one thing to have to deal with it down in Florida, which I did a number of times, but in Jersey, too? JERSEY?! Aye, Scotty, if things go as the experts say, we could be without power for days. Go away, Irene. Be gone, before a house drops on you. Stores were out of water & batteries by 5:30pm yesterday (Thursday). But folks were orderly. Behaved themselves just like the folks in Deep Impact, which was cited in the opening post. In fact, somebody said that flick taught us how to behave when disaster looms. So I got out the DVD and just watched the first hour. Ugh. What a downer. Let's see what the next 2 days bring. Reporting to you live in the calm before the storm, this is Howard L saying watch the skies. Keep watching the skies...
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You may recall the scene in THEM! of a military telegrapher or whatever transcribing a morse code SOS. We see the message about the disaster out at sea and then suddenly we cut to the horrific attack on board the vessel. Hey, that reminds me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy75hYIXQrI My uncle lives in South Plainfield. I certainly hope you and he can stay "high and dry" through the next few days. Good luck, New Jerseyans, and other east-coasters.
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