美國歷史上曾稱之為“Alamo精神”即Spirits of The Alamo。這也是全片的主旨。 電影講述的是美國德州歷史中可能最精彩也最難忘的一段，一個以13日圍城，13日守城失敗為題的戰爭故事。 Continue reading
The Alamo邊城英烈傳
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
A Fistful Of Dollars荒野大鏢客
美國西部電影曾於50年代風靡一時，成為好萊塢最具特色的片種之一，當代幾位代表性的好萊塢音樂家也為西部電影音樂建立了獨特的管絃配樂風貌，如Dimitri Tiomkin為＜日正當中－High Noon＞譜寫的經典主題曲，Elmer Bernstein英氣瀟灑的＜豪勇七蛟龍－The Magnificent Seven＞，Jerome Moross磅礡遼闊的＜錦繡大地－The Big Country＞，以及Alfred Newman氣勢如虹的＜西部開拓史－How The West Was Won＞等，都是擲地有聲，歷久彌新的管絃經典，美國音樂家慣以美國傳統民謠，以及柯普蘭式的管絃手法做為配樂的元素， Continue reading
The Bridge on the River Kwai桂河大橋
The Bridge on the River Kwai is a 1957 British World War II film by David Lean based on The Bridge over the River Kwai by French writer Pierre Boulle. The film is a work of fiction but borrows the construction of the Burma Railway in 1942–43 for its historical setting. It stars William Holden, Jack Hawkins, Alec Guinness and Sessue Hayakawa. The movie was filmed in Sri Lanka (credited as Ceylon, as it was known at the time). The bridge in the movie was located near Kitulgala. Continue reading
The Magnificent Seven 豪勇七蛟龍
The Magnificent Seven is a 1960 American western film directed by John Sturges. It is a western-style remake based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese film Seven Samurai. The film stars Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, and Horst Buchholz who play a group of seven American gunmen who are hired to protect a small agricultural village in Mexico from a group of marauding native bandits. The film’s musical score was composed by Elmer Bernstein. Continue reading
Your Cheating Heart
“Your Cheatin’ Heart” is a song written and recorded by the American country music singer and songwriter Hank Williams in 1952, but released after his death in 1953. It is often considered one of his greatest songs, and one of the great songs of country music. The song is a slow blues ballad, telling an unfaithful lover of the guilt that she will feel for cheating on the singer. Continue reading