Saturday, January 8, 2011

Movie themes


I was on the subject of movie themes with my son recently and he mentioned that the music from Shane was quite good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiYjHu5B6Nc

I listened to it, and found it stirring. (You may find it the same.) But I can't quite figure out why. Is it because the music itself is good? Is it because I associate it with the movie itself, which I liked? Is it because it reminds me of my youth, when I first saw the movie?

Or is it because I'm an idiot?

I honestly can't tell.

See if it moves you. If it does, maybe you can figure out why. If not, you can choose option four for me.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    John, Yes, Yes, Yes, and no comment (I'll leave that one to J)
    G

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  2. John CraigJanuary 8, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    Guy --
    I can answer for him: yes, possibly, yes because it was so long ago, and yes.

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:02 PM

    BTW, I have always liked the movie very much. The whole package is very appealing and the are some truly great scenes – like when Wilson guns down Stonewall. Coincidentally, my kids bought me a DVD of the movie for Xmas.
    G

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  4. John CraigJanuary 8, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    It's a great movie, no question, in my mind one of the four greatest westerns ever.

    When I first saw Jack Palance as Wilson, I assumed he was half-American Indian with those cheekbones, and that that was what he was supposed to be in the movie -- a halfbreed like me. But he's actually Ukrainian. The nose was from his boxing career.

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