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Wow, George. I thought nothing could be worse than TSM, but this beats the
crap out of Mel G.
At the same time it's real typical example of Italian 'middlevil' movies,
with afew aspects of Hollywood added. The torches are burning merrily on the
walls, swords are drawn with a DZZZZZINGGG from their scabbards, fake stone
walls and crenallations, leather armour, steel crossbows, anachronistic
weapons, knitted mail, plastic helmets, etc. etc.
BTW: is that Rutger Hauer as Barbarossa? Yes it is! Did not know he could be
roped in by the Lega di Nord. Must have been the money.
>It must rank (or, as Python's Pontius Pilate in 'Life of Brian' would
say, 'wank') very high as the worst in propaganda in 'historical'
films. This movie is blatantly in support of the mythology of the
racist Northern League, an important member of Berlusconi's governing
coalition. In a nutshell, the film purports to tell of an unshakeable
longing for liberty on the part of the good people of Milan and of
Padania (= the Po Valley, imbued by the Northern League as with the
spirit of an ancestral homeland) against foreign (= non-Padanian)
forces.
Yeah, it looks very 'intense' and very patriottic. But so do half of the US
movies and they are payed for by Coca or Pepsi Cola and probably the
military establishment.
>At http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm1qo-aArms you can see a brief
comparison between 'Barbarossa' and 'Braveheart' (featuring William
Wallace speaking perfect Italian).
But he was not lip-sync. I had to laugh, though.
Henk
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