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Apr 21, 2015 - 12:59 PM
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Morricone
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As I have said, for me, this is the only way this film really works. The Renault commercial and tour of the booth were bonuses. The introduction was masterful by one of our resident Cinerama experts. There was the usual exhibit in the lobby of Cinerama equipment but the star of the day is the film. You really got a sense you couldn't do a lot of takes with this much footage going through the camera. They must have been a LOT of rehearsal to get everything technically perfect and yet these old pro directors (Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall) knew enough to loosen up the actors to the point they sound spontaneous and practically improvising. This provides a way many of the characters become vividly "alive" and there is a surprisingly large amount of humor, that stems from character. The most any Cinerama film had and the effectiveness of the minutiae of these performances is only really apparent on the big Cinerama screen. You wouldn't think watching great character actors like Karl Malden, Thelma Ritter, Walter Brennan, Andy Devine, Eli Wallach, Russ Tamblyn, and many more shine with this technique would be a hallmark of the Cinerama process but here it is. The fact the locations come alive more than any normal film goes without saying but I'll say it anyway. I go on and on usually about how great this Oscar nominated Alfred Newman score is. But that main title has got to take the cake. HOW THE WEST WAS WON is in 5 segments and the flavor of all 5 can be heard integrated in that 3 minute main title (distinctly while still being one piece with a bridge). Please let me know if there is another main title in history (not 8 minute end titles) that ever has done anything like that.
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Edwin and I had a wonderful time. The movie was quite interesting and it was cool to see the 3 camera film.
Thanks Henry for getting us to go 
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