Posted on 12/13/2023 2:59:32 PM PST by Fiji Hill
The credits show actors cast for roles that are not played on screen - Marshals Ney, Soult, Davout, Bessieres, etc., and others. In the movie they may be present in the background or may have been a rather random line without being identified. The longer cut may give more of a role to these.
They don’t make “War and Peace” or “Gone With the Wind” caliber movies anymore. Died off kind of like the country as a whole.
“...but I am too old to go out at nights..”
Not too old...just wise.
BTW its Vivar these days, not Bivar. Been there, its a tiny place. Its a very short drive from Burgos. Burgos is worth a couple of days, and there is way more “El Cid” there, and its rather charming otherwise as well.
Ouch! That was boneheaded of me. But yeah.
Thomas Jefferson loved France and had a lot of sympathy for the French Revolution (he witnessed its earliest stages in 1789 and the Federalists in 1800 were terrified he would inaugurate the horrors of the Revolution if he was elected President), but he had nothing but contempt for Bonaparte.
I may have went to see this one. I listened to this guy who is a history expert and thought “well maybe not”.
https://rumble.com/v2zvu4h-napoleon-movie-is-going-to-be-horrific.html
Lol! Thanks for that post.
Some folks ya just can’t please.
I liked it.
The French are as dumb as the Brits. Both countries executed their monarchs to be instantly gratified, creating more problems for themselves in the long-run, only to once again return to a monarchy. France’s last monarchy ran from 1852 to 1870. After Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, his son decided he didn’t want to succeed his father, so the Brits begged Charles II to return to England from exile, so the monarchy could be restored.
Napoleon’s life is too big to put in a single movie, a multi miniseries would be a better venue for his life.
That being said, I’ll pass on a cuckolded Bonepart.
It is rare to find truth in anything created today.
Same with popular music. When you walk into a store like Trader Joe's which plays background music, you hear songs from the middle decades of the last century rather than the top tunes of 2023.
Thats one effect. There were others. Which is why I highly recommend Paul Johnsons “Birth of the Modern”. Napoleons influence reached from Portugal to Russia. He turned everything in Europe upside down. The independence of Brazil to the Decembrist plot, just to name a couple, were all inspired to a degree by his actions and memory.
Complex business.
There was never “truth” in theater, ever. Nor is there in popular memory. Shakespeare (as a for instance) cannot be relied on.
There is a rather nice bit in Napoleon that makes this point, the the theatrical pantomime where Napoleon first sees Josephine hanging out with Barras.
Still have it.
I’ve been tempted to go see Napoleon in the theaters simply to see the battle scenes on the big screen. Once that window closes, home screens just aren’t the same.
The Holdovers has just been released. Seems to be a very good movie of the kind we say endlessly that we want Hollywood to make more of. If we’re serious about that, we should go see them when they come out. I want to see it before writing it up for the ping list, so I guess I’d better get moving.
American Fiction has just hit the theaters. I recommend it highly. Bear in mind that this isn’t just a parody of black-white relations in America today, which is how the usual suspects among the critics take it. They’re mostly all so deep in their bubble they don’t have a clue, but EVERY white character in the film is a smug, condescending, virtue signaling, identity politics liberal. They are drawn from academia, publishing and the movie industry. And the movie is brutal on them. Conservatives will see the point instantly. Liberals? Nah. But see it and enjoy.
Angel Studios, which produced The Sound of Freedom, is now out with The Shift, which is being reviewed as a retelling of the Book of Job. Also on my list.
If you read the Commonwealth Protectorate Constitution - called ‘Instrument of Governance’ later revised and called ‘Petition and Advice’ they sound surprisingly modern. They will also seem very familiar! They were the first examples of a written constitution for a nation.
Thanks for the info.
Thanks for the information.
anyone remember Bill and Ted’s Adventure?
Appreciate the recommendations!
Regarding Napoleon, I’m looking forward to the combination of Scott & Phoenix. Ultimately, it’s a form of entertainment that’s hopefully ‘close enough’ to the events being portrayed.
Yeah, I tend to favor both A24 and Angel.
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