el condor ( film )
littin, miguel, and others, alsino y el condor, nicaragua, 1982 .
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el condor was among the first movies rated r (for violence, explicit language, and nudity) .
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you can get killed trying to break through the walls of el condor... but it' s one helluva way to die !
greenspun, roger “screen: 'el condor’ bows, mexican treasure tale comes to the forum”, new york times, june 20, 1970, page 22 .
el condor - film - - regia di john guillermin, con jim brown, lee van cleef, marianna hill, iron eyes cody, imogen hassall. western, col. , 97', usa 1970 .
el boletín oficial del estado, diario oficial del estado, es el órgano de publicación de las leyes, disposiciones y actos de inserción obligatoria .
monaco, james. how to read a film. oxford university press, 2000. film studies theory .
yale film studies film analysis website. 2002. yale university. 25 july 2006. urltoken > this site provides ample information to introduce students to film studies .
stone, rob. spanish cinema. inside film series, 2002. another text on film concepts and techniques .
from time to time in “el condor” there is introduced a certain amount of female nudity, which probably indi cates a trend and certainly makes the film different from the general run of westerns you may have enjoyed as a child .
el condor
is at least a pure example of its genre .
soldier blue
phonies things up with lots of liberal breast - beating before the big violent pay - off, but
el condor
is a totally cynical movie in which everyone acts out of the worst possible motives and nobody in the whole movie qualifies as the good guy .
when you create a vacu um, in art as in nature, some thing ambles in to fill the empty spaces, and in the void that is “el condor” that something is a death that chills desire .
6. the ufa (universum film ag) was the principal film studio in germany during the weimar republic and the second world war .
a sudden shifting of tones so late in a film is a tricky business. normally, i admire the ambition it takes to try such an audacious move—even if the film is unable to pull it off. but guillermin doesn’t try to change the light tone he established early in the film. the clashing of guillermin’s comedic tone with the ugly violence in the third act breaks the spell that el condor is a fun romp .
construcciones el cóndor es una importante empresa de ingeniería, dedicada al desarrollo e inversión de obras de infraestructura pública y privada. lyrics to el condor pasa by paul simon: i' d rather be a sparrow than a snail / yes i would / if i could, i surely would / i' d rather be a .
the el condor, the fabled mexican stronghold rumoured to contain emperor maximilian' s mythical reserves in gold, will attract two adventurous fortune seekers, who with eyes gleaming with desire, will shortly know that only fools rush in .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states – feature films, 1. university of california press, 1. greenspun, roger “screen: 'el condor’ bows, mexican treasure tale comes to the forum”, new york times, june 2. external links [ edit ] .
corrigan, timothy and white, patricia. the film experience: an introduction. bedford / st. martinãâ´s. comprehensive text on film concepts and techniques .
el plano secuencia integral ,
in cine cubano (cuba), no. 125, 1989 .
brown and van cleef play a pair of adventurers who, with a band of renegade apaches, besiege a fabled fortress called el condor, in which the treasury of maxi milian' s mexico is supposed to hoard its vast reserves of gold .
roger ebert' s review of august 27, 1970 in the chicago sun - times began :
lee van cleef' s last words in' el condor' are,' what am i doing here?' amen, brother .
jaros, j. , film a doba (prague), may 1984 .
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alsino et le condor—une allegorie pour un pays neuf
in image et son (paris), may 1984 .
rodney martínez, at ecuador’s international el niño centre, said el niño would affect the whole of south america, meaning heavy rainfall and floods in ecuador, peru, chile and northern argentina but potential drought relief in chile and bolivia. the early effects of el niño in brazil are expected to raise temperatures during the football world cup .
el cine revolucionario en bolivia ,
in cine cubano (havana), no. 99, 1981 .
alsino y el condor made at the time of the sandanista overthrow of the somoza regime in nicaragua, is an allegory of the nicaraguan people rising up to meet their oppressor. the film is a mexican - cuban - nicaraguan co - production, yet despite this, it has the distinctive littin touch. littin' s shortest film to this point was criticized by some for its too blatant use of political allegory .
lee van cleef' s last words in
el condor
are :
what am i doing here ?
amen, brother. this movie is arguably not more violent than
soldier blue ,
but its violence is on a vaster scale. it kills hundreds instead of dozens. it uses firebombs as well as cannons. there are fewer rapes, but on the other hand more disembowelments and tortures. and what
el condor
lacks in intelligence, it makes up for in stupidity .
the link between global warming and el niño, a natural climate phenomenon, is not yet well understood by scientists. but a study published in january predicted a doubling of extreme el niño events, as climate change ramps up .
either way, adding the impacts of el niño to the extreme weather already being driven by climate change increases the damage caused, said stockdale: “el niño can be the thing that pushes you over the edge. it will be in the years when you get a big el niño when you feel the impact of climate change the most. ”
understand how writers or film directors manipulate stories in order to achieve a desired effect .
taking plenty of inspiration (also known as theft) from the good, the bad and the ugly, el condor tells the tale of two outlaws forming an uneasy alliance as they seek a fortune in gold during the american civil war. as far as plots go, it’s fine to swipe what was essentially just a reason for sergio leone to craft some stunning set pieces. but to go the extra step of casting van cleef is too much. that casting almost forces the audience to make comparisons between the two films. not surprisingly, el condor suffers from the comparison. but that’s far from the film’s most pressing problem .
in the late sixties, early seventies lee van cleef would accept any offer for a western, provided it was shot in his natural habitat, the almeria desert. surprisingly, he wasn’t top - billed for el condor. the film was intended as a vehicle for jim brown, the former football player who had given up his sports career because hollywood paid better than the nfl. in a prison camp, shackled to elisha cook jr. , brown is told about a fortune in gold, once stolen by the spaniards from the aztecs, now stored in a federal mexican stronghold, a fortress called el condor. brown escapes and teams up with van cleef, an alcoholic fortune seeker who once lived with the apaches. brown reckons the apaches are the army he needs to attack el condor, in order to lay his hands on the gold … and some other treasure kept within the walls of the fortress …
i’m not sure what kind of film director john guillermin was trying to make with el condor, but it certainly wasn’t the film scripted by larry cohen and steven w. carabatsos. from lee van cleef’s mugging performance to the light adventure score by maurice jarre, guillermin seems to be trying to craft a rollicking buddy comedy / western. and while the script does seem to back that up at points during the first two acts, it’s only through increasingly grim plot twists in the third act that it becomes apparent the film should have been presented as something much darker .
“el condor, ” which opened yesterday at the forum the ater, is a movie that almost nobody involved seems to have taken seriously — nei ther the writers, nor the direc tor, nor the actors—with the possible exception of the ex plosives expert. for unlike everything else in the film, the explosions, which are fairly numerous, are surpris ing, precise and occasionally spectacular .
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convents, g. , in film en televisie + video (brussels), october 1995 .
strong el niños also typically bring warmer winters to the northern us states, which would be a relief after last winter’s arctic conditions .
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jorge sanjinés: el cine urgente ,
in hablemos de cine (lima), june 1981 .
i received the centennial collection editions of the man who shot liberty valance and el dorado. what did el dorado look like in the previous edition? i took a quick scan and it seems on par with paramount' s work on the other centennial titles. the main featurettes for both films are lengthy - 40 + minutes for el dorado and 50 + for liberty valance. two commentaries for each film also, which should keep me occupied. the packaging uses trays instead of a disc on each side of the case .
teen rom - com “to all the boys i’ve loved before, ” starring lana condor (“x - men: apocalypse”) in the lead role, has begun production in vancouver .
el niños also typically damp down hurricane activity. but prof kerry emanuel, an atmospheric scientist at mit, said even in an el niño year a hurricane, given the right conditions, could still cause tremendous destruction. hurricane andrew, one of the deadliest and costliest in recent history, roared through florida in 1992, which was an el niño year. “it would be tragic if everyone let their guard down, ” emanuel said .
this new dvd release is from a new video master made from a film print, so it looks super. as you can see in the photos at right, the new version of the film is much sharper and more vivid. and yes, it does include the bee gees music - as in the original film .
condor, who also was recently cast in james cameron’s manga - based “alita: battle angel” movie, is repped by icm partners and stone, genow, smelkinson, binder & christopher .
8. timothy corrigan and patricia white. the film experience: an introduction. bedford / st. martinãâ´s .
professor axel timmermann, an oceanographer at the university of hawaii, argues that a major el niño is more likely than not, because of the specific pattern of winds and warm water being seen in the pacific. “in the past, such alignments have always triggered strong el niño events, ” he said .
el mirage by christopher woods dvd, format: ntsc, duration: 18 minutes, released in 1977 from the back cover: in 1976, chris woods, then a student at the california institute of the fine arts film school, made this short documentary during the 43rd us unlimited class soaring nationals held at the storied el mirage glider port in california' s mojave desert. the nostalgic images in this film have become a time capsule from one of the greatest soaring sites in america that ceased operations in the mid - 1980' s .
dvd by warner archive in 2. critical reaction [ edit ] roger ebert' s review of august 2. chicago sun - times began :
lee van cleef' s last words in' el condor' are,' what am i doing here?' amen, brother .
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however, big el niños like the 1997 - 98 event – what patzert calls “godzillas” – are rare and forecasters at the us government’s climate prediction centre said on 5 june that time was running out for a significant el niño to be set in train. a modest or small el niño would have little impact on the drought, said patzert, noting that the 2006 - 07 drought – the worst on record at the time – occurred during a weak el niño year. even a “godzilla” would not be enough on its own to bail california out, he said: “but it would be a fantastic down payment on drought relief. ”
en españa, el boletín oficial del estado contiene además de las leyes producidas en el seno de las cortes generales, las disposiciones emanadas del gobierno de la nación, imagen de portada del boe las disposiciones generales de las comunidades autónomas, con independencia de que éstas se publiquen asimismo en los diarios oficiales de la propia autonomía .
review by paul remde this is chris woods' first soaring film. he later produced several excellent soaring films including: the quiet challenge and running on empty. it is a neat time capsule to the days when libelle' s and glasflugel 604' s and nimbus' s were the hot ships. it is neat to see gus briegleb in the film running the el mirage glider port - which he did for over 30 years. pilots that were soaring back in 1976 will probably recognize many of the pilots in the film. i recognize hannes linke. let me know if you recognize other soaring pilots in the film. the dialog contains interviews with pilots about soaring and why it fascinates them. any pilot that flew at el mirage will love this film. it is also interesting to see how different crewing was back then. crews would follow pilots around while on course and try to help them select suitable landing fields. of course, the cinematography is excellent - as in all chris woods films. i thoroughly enjoyed this nice short film .
the pointed juxtaposition of sex and slaughter that par ticularizes this otherwise mostly mindless movie, intro duces a measure of perverse brutality that is more vicious in fact than may appear from a simple description. i think it is the mindlessness more than the violence that makes for my discomfort, for “el condor” lacks either the pru rience or prudery to support its more sensational gestures .
the avoidance of most potentially controversial points in the film is par for the course in guillermin’s direction. if he had also avoided the dark turns in the plot, i might have actually enjoyed the film more as a fun, pulpy western. but his attempts to just bulldoze over the grim material while presenting the film as escapist fun is a tad insulting .
stockdale said other global impacts could be droughts in the caribbean and southern africa at the end of the year, and also in central asia, although the precise impacts of each el niño vary due to local climatic variations. europe is the continent least affected by el niño by virtue of being on the opposite side of the world .
the four tasks will be: politics, language, culture and film. detailed rubrics will be given to each group .
there will be an advanced showing of this film at the 2007 soaring society of america convention on friday, february 9th .
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el condor, directed by john guiller min; screenplay by larry cohen and steven carabatsos, based on a story by mr. carabatsos; director of photography henri persin; music by maurice jerre; produced by andre de toth; released by national general pictures. at the forum theater, broadway at 47th street. running time: 102 minutes. (the motion picture association of america' s production code and rating adminstration classifies this film: “r—restricted, persons under 17 re quire accompanying parent or adult guardian. ” )
but, despite better el niño warnings nowadays, martinez said many nations were worse prepared than in 1997: “in many cases the vulnerability has increased: more exposed population, more land degradation, river sedimentation, collapse of underground water sources, degradation of natural protection in riversides, badly designed infrastructure and lack of coordination and planning to cope with el niño. ”
in time, they learn that all that glitters is not, etc. ; but on the way they suffer a taw indignities, outwit a few fools, fall in and out of troubles—almost enough to make a movie. eventually van cleef ends up dead and brown ends up with mariana hill, simmering ex‐mistress of patrick o' neal, iron willed commandant of el condor, who also ends up dead .
“if 2014 turns out to be an el niño year as currently forecast, increased public awareness of the dangers of human - induced climate change is likely to follow, ” said prof michael raupach, director of the climate change institute at the australian national university. “however, it is very important that our policy responses do not wax and wane with el niño. ”
“el niño could be quite devastating for agriculture and the water supply in india, ” said dr nick klingaman, an el niño expert at the university of reading in the uk. two - thirds of indian farmland lacks irrigation and is reliant solely on rainfall, meaning even current official prediction of a 5% reduction in monsoon rains would have a major impact: a 10% fall is an official drought. krishna kumar, an indian meteorologist and el niño expert, said that even if the 2014 el niño turns out not to be a very hot one, it can still have a major effect on the monsoon because it is the specific location of the warm pacific water which is the critical factor. “the moderate el niños of 2002 and 2009 impacted the monsoon in india much more greatly then the major 1997 event, ” he said, adding that the biggest cut in rainfall is not usually felt until september .
· lyrics to' el condor pasa' by simon and garfunkel: away, i' d rather sail away like a swan that' s here and gone a man gets tied up to the ground he gives the. jim brown and lee van cleef team up for this western set on the mexican border. brown is luke, who escapes from a chain gang after learning that a fortune in gold is .
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low water levels at lake hume, on the victoria - nsw border, australia, during the dry summer of 2007, when the last el niño occurred. photograph: ashley whitworth / alamy
that' s rather disturbing, come to think of it. the cowboy movies that i grew up on (rex allen, roy rogers, hoppy) clearly identified with their heroic, virtuous star. the new violent westerns are nihilistic in their disregard for any kind of traditional value system .
el condor ,
a particularly extreme example pits some spanish soldiers against jim brown, lee van cleef and some apaches who happen along .
teen rom - com “to all the boys i’ve loved before, ” starring lana condor (“x - men: apocalypse”) in the lead role, has begun production in vancouver. the film, based on the novel by bestselling author jenny han, is being produced by awesomeness films and overbrook entertainment. “to all the boys i’ve loved before” is directed by susan johnson with [ … ]
el niño begins as a giant pool of warm water swelling in the eastern tropical pacific ocean, that sets off a chain reaction of weather events around the world – some devastating and some beneficial .
the hot, dry skies will then track to heat - wracked australia, where 2013 was already its hottest year on record and el niño is threatening to turn the temperature up even further. andrew watkins, manager of climate prediction services at the australian bureau of meteorology, said: “el niño is one of the largest influences on australia’s climate. it’s why historically australia has had one of the most variable climates on the planet. ” watkins said el niño increases the chances of low rainfall in the country’s southern and most populous half and tends to deliver hotter years and higher extreme temperatures .
ultimately, not the best film. although it was better than x - men: last stand. so they have that going for them .
charlie spratt, competition director “the best film i have ever seen on contest flying. the photography is super and the story line perfect. ”
dawn flight is both a film about the wonder of soaring and a film about self - discovery. the symbolic dawn in the title bespeaks the sense of renewal that comes to the young glider pilot when he conquers his fear and meets the challenges presented to him by a mysterious pursuer .
the images above are from the new version of the film. the images below are from an old copy of the film. you can see that the images above are sharper and more vivid. if you click on the images you can view the large images side - by - side .
however, in the tropics and sub - tropics, another deadly impact of el niño is becoming better understood: its ability to spark civil wars. solomon hsiang, at columbia university, new york, showed in 2011 that 50 of the 250 conflicts between 1950 and 2004 were triggered by the el niño cycle, probably due to the loss of crops, jobs and the psychological effects of hotter weather .
“a lot of energy that should have been in the atmosphere has gone into the pacific, ” said kumar. “if el niño does set in that could trigger the release of that heat and faster warming: that has been a major concern. ” an el - niño - boosted 2015 could well be the hottest year on record, according to klingaman, just as nations have to agree a climate change deal .
miguel littin, chilean director in exile and former head of chile films, flirted with magic realism, a style increasingly popular in fiction and following on from this, cinema, in the 1970s, with el recurso del metodo, and then returned to the chileans - in - exile theme of direct criticism and allegories of the political events in chile with alsino y el condor. nearly all those involved in chile films during allende' s brief tenure in office in the country were thrown out of chile after pinochet' s takeover of power in 1973 (some after a period of imprisonment), and despite money difficulties, some managed to keep up a form of film production. those who did so were mostly in socialist regimes—the soviet union or cuba—but because of his contacts in the mexican film business, miguel littin was able to continue his career there. this mass exodus of filmmakers from chile who actually managed to continue filmmaking, and provide an alternative point of view to the very small number of films produced under pinochet at this time, lead to the peculiar situation of almost an entire country' s film output being made in exile .
new research in may showed the global impact of el niño events on food supplies, with corn, rice and wheat yield much lower than normal, although soybean harvests tend to rise. while food production has improved in the last year, el niño is set to reverse that trend, according to leo abruzzese, global forecasting director for the economist intelligence unit. “it may reduce agricultural output over the next few years, which could weigh on global food security ”. drought linked to the 2007 el niño led to a surge in food prices in 2008 that sparked riots in countries as far afield as egypt, cameroon and haiti .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
students will watch the corresponding final segment of the movie. during the film, the teacher will stop it at critical moments to get reactions from students .
campbell, leon g. , and carlos cortes ,
film as revolutionary weapon: a jorge sanjinés retrospective ,
in history teacher, may 1979 .
on the other hand, violence is more suitable for audiences under 17, as our kindly police censor board will testify. unless, of course, the violence is combined with relevance and a social message, as in
joe .
the censors gave
joe
an adults - only tag, while
el condor
breezed past with its original
r .
and why not? at least good mindless violence won' t give the kids any funny ideas .
review by paul remde this is a great soaring film. if you love
the sun ship game
, you' ll also love this film. it has many soaring legends in it: helmut reichmann, george moffat, ingo renner, tommy beltz, hans - werner grosse, klaus holighaus, etc. it does a great job of documenting the excitement of the contest. my favorite feature of the film is the way the film makers asked the same questions of several pilots, and received extremely different responses .
is physical conditioning important ?
,
is the crew as important as the pilot ?
,
are you flying for your country, or yourself ?
, etc. the answers really give insights into the minds of the competitors. i love this film .
the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states – feature films, 1961 - 1970. university of california press, 1997, page 298 .
it has been fun working with producer / director johnnie walker to bring this wonderful documentary back to you. this is a legal and approved version of this film .
the latest el niño prediction comes from the european centre for medium - range weather forecasts (ecmwf), which is considered one the most reliable of the 15 or so prediction centres around the world. “it is very much odds - on for an event, ” said tim stockdale, principal scientist at ecmwf, who said 90% of their scenarios now deliver an el niño .
the amount of warm water in the pacific is now significant, perhaps the biggest since the 1997 - 98 event. ” that el niño was the biggest in a century, producing the hottest year on record at the time and major global impacts, including a mass die - off of corals .
as if he’s attempting to compensate for brown’s performance, van cleef goes too far over - the - top. while he is often fun to watch—he manages to steal brown’s insult scene with a hilarious reaction shot and the horrified delivery of the line, “goddamn, luke! ”—he follows guillermin’s lead and plays the material for comedy to the eventual detriment of the film. by the time el condor was filmed, van cleef was an experienced villain and anti - hero. either of those archetypes would have been preferable to his decision to play jaroo as comic relief. but guillermin leans heavily on van cleef’s performance leading to some good individual moments at the expense of a coherent character arc .
march or die (1. 97. el condor was among the first movies rated r (for violence, explicit language, and nudity). luke, an escaped convict, and jaroo, a loner gold prospector, team up with a band of apache indians in 1. mexico to capture a large, heavily armed fortress for the millions—or billions—of dollars in gold that are rumored to be stored within. [ 1 ] vhs and dvd releases [ edit ] the movie was released on a fullscreen vhs in 1 .
any film with rhonda fleming is worth watching! incidentally she was interviewed recently in the magazine in tune and she said she loved working in black - and - white .
remastered - this version is a bit better quality than the previous version, but don' t expect the moon. the original film used did not yield great results .
brent finlay, president of australia’s national farmers’ federation, said he was hoping el niño just does not happen. “we have farmers and graziers in new south wales and queensland who are in drought now, and so to have this prediction of a possible el niño will be of grave concern. ” severe drought at any time could have “tragic” consequences on rural communities where he said some farmers had even taken their own lives, he said: “that is what drought does. ”
abolutely agree on gun glory - a cracking film. stewart granger didn' t make too many westerns but this and the last hunt are right out of the top drawer .
west, dennis ,
film and revolution in the andes ,
in new scholar (san diego), vol. 8, no. 1 / 2, 1982 .
the movie script was written by someone named jaime de andrade—in reality franco' s pseudonym. josé luís sáez de heredia, josé antonio primo de rivera' s cousin, directed the film. he had the best resources: money, time, huge settings and film stock (almost 45 meters) to make this film. it was a very expensive movie but that was not a problem since it was state sponsored. this was not a very innovative idea; other countries had made state sponsored propaganda movies. some examples would be :
i have been looking forward to seeing this film again, as it is not available on r1. it was still a very good watch, picture / sound / value very good
tudents will watch the fragment of the la guerra civil española about the bombing of guernica. the teacher will stop the film at critical moments to point out important concepts or ideas .
a strong el niño would bring rain, typically double the annual average in southern california. “i commonly refer to el niño as the great wet hope, ” said bill patzert, a climate scientist at nasa’s jet propulsion laboratory in california. “everyone in the west has their fingers crossed because we are bone dry. we have had three of the four driest years in the west in recorded history. dry land farmers and ranchers are definitely on their knees right now. we are running on reserves, we are pumping aquifers, and our reservoirs are at record lows. ” el niños also typically lead to wetter winters in texas, and other parts of the south - west, which also depend on getting most of their rain in the winter months .
reparto jim brown, lee van cleef, patrick o' neal, marianna hill, iron eyes cody, imogen hassall, elisha cook jr. director john guillermin sinopsis siendo emperador de méjico maximiliano de austria (1864 - 1867), dos aventureros norteamericanos, luke, un convicto (jim brown), y jarro, un solitario buscador de oro (lee van cleef), se asocian con unos indios apaches para buscar el oro del erario mejicano, que está escondido en la fortaleza de
el cóndor
.
elsewhere in the americas, a careful watch is being kept in peru, where the huge anchovy fishery has been wiped out by previous el niños – it was peruvian sailors who first named the phenomenon “the christ child” because its peak occurs at christmas. the 1997 - 98 el niño slashed the catch by 80% , as the fish migrated away from the abnormally warm waters. luis icochea, a fisheries expert at the national agrarian university in lima, warned that the event this year is developing in a similar way .
luke (jim brown) is a convict doing time in a hard - labor prison for blowing up train tracks that were built on land seized by the railroad. while in prison, he learns the story of a fortune in gold bars stolen from the mexican treasury by an outlaw. that outlaw then had the gold stolen from him by a corrupt mexican general named chavez (patrick o’neal as the most irish mexican you will ever see). chavez took his troops and created an impregnable fort in the middle of el condor desert, where he has lived like a king ever since .
i videoed it last time it was on, thursday afternoon, march 13th, 2008. it was the last film i videoed before moving over to recording all off air recordings on dvd .
the film does do a great job of showing sailplanes in flight in spectacular surroundings. it also is great at explaining what soaring is about and how elegant and lovely and efficient sailplanes are .
my experience with suevia is that you can expect low end transfers. the wonderful country is * i think * a ua film so i' m hoping it pops up somewhere else in r2 .
triana toribio, nuria. spanish national cinema. routledge, 2003. study of the influences spanish cinema has had throughout history: how film worked under the franco regime and how it works now .
watched the gunfight at dodge city - not a great film or even a semi - great film, but it' s enjoyable, mostly because of the good cast and especially because joel mccrea was one of the greatest screen actors of all time. he' s wonderful in this film. like wichita, this sports a very good score by hans salter. as to the transfer - if you want to see how much bs all this palaver about early to late 50s cheap film stocks or unstable film stocks being the culprit for all those half - assed poor color transfers we' re treated to, just buy this dvd and see for yourself what color is supposed to look like. maybe not the sharpest transfer, but perfectly rendered color - how come? low budget film. how come some came running and the tender trap are terrible color transfers - brown, faded, awful, and this film has great color? well, someone didn' t drain the color from the gunfight at dodge city and either someone did for the latter two films or someone at warners simply doesn' t understand color. i do hate to go on about it, but when one sees this sort of transfer and then, to move on from warners, sees man of the west, with its green skies and pasty brown skin tones (in the region 1) well, one has to wonder .
paramount' s centennial collection releases continue on may 19 with reissues of both the man who shot liberty valance and el dorado. i have to say the extras sound nice; bogdanovich commentaries for both titles and more. art and details here urltoken and from dvd times here urltoken
in a nice twist, luke, jaroo, and their apache soldiers find themselves in control of the fort and the gold it holds by the end of the second act. but this means the rest of the film plays out like a pale remake of the treasure of the sierra madre as greed clouds everyone’s judgment. jaroo’s threats of violence—presented as empty and comedic earlier in the film—become menacing and realistic .
review by paul remde this is a fantastic hd soaring film. the cinematography is excellent. it shows that soaring is an adventure and that we soaring pilots are fortunate to fly in some amazing environments .
i wanted to take a fresh approach in a soaring film, to use motorless flight not as an end in itself but as a means to express something else that was on my mind .
has anyone read anything about the quality of the spanish release of el condor? i' ve searched some forums and review sites for comments about the picture quality etc and can' t find anything. like many posters on this site, i' m not at all keen on the idea of buying anything on these warner archive dvd - rs if i can possibly get a decent pressed dvd of it instead. having said that, i may well crack soon and get wichita and westbound on the deep discount archive sale... and then hope like hell that they don' t turn into coasters in a couple of years time !
raza is one of the four propaganda movies about the spanish civil war made during francoâ´s dictatorship. the other three were sin novedad en el alcázar, la patrulla and la fiel infantería. it is a fiction movie that synthesizes the ideology of francoâ´s fascist regimen in the early postwar years .
there are two different versions of the movie (5): one from 1942 (previewed in el palacio de la música in madrid); and a second one from 1950. with the excuse of making a new, re - mastered sound version, they changed the movie. apparently, no one noticed what they really did. the second version, titled el espíritu de una raza, was six minutes shorter than the first one: all the fascist, anti - american and antidemocratic references were removed for political reasons. they tried to destroy all the copies of the first version, but one appeared in berlin, in 1993, after the recovery of some ufa (universum film ag) (6) archives. it was then when critics realized there were two different versions .
the structural, narrative, and stylistic approaches used by sanjinés have evolved in accordance with his basic goal of optimum communication with his peasant and working - class audiences. when exhibiting yawar mallku to indians in remote areas, sanjinés drew on an inca oral tradition; and before showing the film he first had a narrator introduce the story and the characters to the cinematically unsophisticated audiences. later, in el enemigo principal, sanjinés built a narrator into the film itself: a well - known indian peasant leader periodically appears to speak, in quechua, directly to viewers in order to introduce the characters and events which will follow. from peasant reaction to his early films, sanjinés found that unsophisticated viewers were shocked when a close shot follows an establishing shot. therefore, in el enemigo principal outdoor group scenes appear initially in long shot; and then the camera slowly zooms in, much as a spectator would approach. although yawar mallku involved an indian community in the filming, sanjinés later sought from indigenous groups an even more active collective participation in an effort to make films
from the people, to the people .
in el coraje del pueblo, survivors of the army' s 1967 massacre of miners actively participated in the filmmaking by re - creating their own activities before and during the bloodbath .
this is a buddy film with a small - time thug (victor lobianco) meeting a high - profile gangster (lee van cleef) while in prison. the pair team up to attempt a prison breakout .
i too was considering getting the region 1 dvd of man of the west so thanks for the feedback! why it didn' t get a 2 disc special edition release is beyond me; a phenomenal film .
the gunfighter sounds excellent :) i can assure you it is. to be honest there' s not a bad film in the set; some people say rawhide isn' t great but i kind of like it .
free 4 - page insert included i have included a 4 - page insert inside the dvd case which includes black and white promotional materials from the original film release in 1974. it is a neat trip back in time !
the film, based on the novel by bestselling author jenny han, is being produced by awesomeness films and overbrook entertainment. “to all the boys i’ve loved before” is directed by susan johnson with a screenplay by sofia alvarez .
production: nicaraguan film institute, cuban institute of cinematographic art and industry, latin american production of mexico, costa rican cinematographic co - operative; colour, 35mm; running time: 89 minutes. filmed on location in nicaragua .
is a must - have item for anyone interested in sailplane flying. this film, beautifully shot in the nevada mountains at barron hilton' s famous flying m ranch, records the star - studded 1984 hilton cup soaring camp .
note: the original masters of this film were destroyed by fire many years ago. this is a digital copy made at some time, by someone. the quality is only ok. as you can see in the image captures below, the colors are not vivid and there are defects such as streaks and fuzz on the film, etc. it is not horrible, but it is not great either. a few minutes into the film, you won' t notice the quality issues. the audio is quite good and the story is great. i' m confident you' ll enjoy it very much as long as you don' t expect high quality or high - definition .
had to wait for nearly a month for it to arrive from spain. quality not brilliant. sound good but the picture quality leaves a lot to be desired. also the titles were cut short at the end of the film .
sanjinés' s works offer a defense of the andean indian way of life and expose and attack the indians' enemies. yawar mallku denounces a progress corps (read peace corps) pediatrics clinic that sterilizes unsuspecting andean women, while in the documentary reconstruction el coraje del pueblo, bolivian government and military officials responsible for the massacres of indian miners are specifically identified. the fiction feature el enemigo principal illustrates the exploitation and brutality suffered by indigenous peasants at the hands of powerful landowners and links the power of the landowners to u. s. imperialism. the mise - en - scène of these films reflects sanjinés' s defense of the indian way of life. for instance, in el enemigo principal the inca heritage of the modern andean indian pervades the mise - en - scène: the predominance of quechua dialogue, the centuriesold custom of chewing coca leaves, the trapezoidal niches and doors characterizing inca masonry, the ancient agricultural ritual, the everyday work of spinning and weaving .
narrated by hal holbrook, reveals the critical role gliders played in world war ii offensives. through rare archival footage and photographs, the film places the audience right at the center of the action in the dangerous world of the american glider pilot .
van cleef’s part wasn’t the only thing that was re - written. the fortress was built especially for the movie (it was subsequently featured in several other movies, including a reason to live, a reason to die and conan the barbarian), and larry cohen was asked to rewrite the script so the focus would be more on the fortress. this wasn' t a lucky decision: the two men arrive too soon at the fortress and after a boisterous, enjoyable start the film falls flat, offering too many scenes involving brown and van cleef going into the fortress and working their way out of it again. el condor is one of those movies which eventually put all of their premises inside out and upside down: nothing is what it seems (not even the gold) and most characters have a hidden agenda. and only in the dying moments we learn why brown was so keen on taking the fortress, and why the cruel but honourable general chavez was so keen on defending it .
the novel was adapted for the screen. malraux began the shooting in 1938 and finished it the following year. expoir is a very committed film without references to ideology. the movie seems to be a tribute to the international brigadists and the republic .
nationality: bolivian. born: la paz, bolivia, 31 july 1936. education: studied filmmaking and philosophy at catholic university in santiago, chile, late 1950s. career: made first film, sueños y realidades, with oscar soria, in bolivia, 1961; named head of bolivian film institute, 1965; left bolivia following coup led by hugo banzer, 1972; returned to bolivia, 1979. address: c / o consejo nacional del cine, casilla 9933, la paz, bolivia .
condor plays romance - novel buff lara jean covey, who starts her junior year content to spend lunch in the library reading. her love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret box of love letters is unexpectedly delivered to the various boys she’s had crushes on throughout her life. to avoid confronting them, lara jean fakes a relationship with one of them — but starts to realize that she may not be pretending .
policymakers are likely also to feel the heat of el niño in the negotiations towards a global deal to cut carbon emissions and tackle global warming, which must culminate in paris in december 2015. since the scorching year of 1998, the rate of global warming has slowed, with over 90% of the heat trapped by co2 going into the oceans .
review by paul remde i love this film. the scenery and cinematography are awesome. the views of clouds flowing around mountain peaks are spectacular. i like how he shows water flowing over a rock and compares it with the wind and clouds flowing over and around the mountain peaks. the effect is very well done. the flight is truly an amazing one and you get to relive it as he describes his thought process as the flight unfolds. the film also includes a great interview with klaus about the flight and future flights. he talks about many topics including how sleep deprivation is a major factor in flights like this because late night weather analysis and early morning preparations don' t leave much time for sleep before the flight. at the end are more breathtaking views of volcanic craters, impressive lenticular clouds, etc. it is a beautiful, inspirational and motivational film. why does he call it
gliding in the 5th dimension
?... you' ll have to watch the film to find out.
el condor is a 1970 western film directed by john guillermin . jim brown and lee van cleef lead a band of apaches ( including iron eyes cody ) against a fortress commanded by patrick o'neal . the fortress is said to contain the gold reserves of emperor maximilian . the movie was shot in 35 mm technicolor in almería , spain , and involved the construction of the huge adobe fortress set that was re-used in later films , including conan the barbarian ( 1982 ) and march or die ( 1977 ) ' . el condor was among the first movies rated r ( for violence , explicit language , and nudity ) . 
el condor is a 1970 western film directed by john guillermin. jim brown and lee van cleef lead a band of apaches (including iron eyes cody) against a fortress commanded by patrick o'neal. the fortress is said to contain the gold reserves of emperor maximilian. the movie was shot in 35 mm technicolor in almería, spain, and involved the construction of the huge adobe fortress set that was re-used in later films, including conan the barbarian (1982) and march or die (1977)'. el condor was among the first movies rated r (for violence, explicit language, and nudity).
el condor is a 1970 western film directed by john guillermin. jim brown and lee van cleef lead a band of apaches (including iron eyes cody) against a fortress commanded by patrick o'neal. the fortress is said to contain the gold reserves of emperor maximilian. the movie was shot in 35 mm technicolor in almería, spain, and involved the construction of the huge adobe fortress set that was re-used in later films, including conan the barbarian (1982) and march or die (1977)'. el condor was among the first movies rated r (for violence, explicit language, and nudity).