Ennio Morricone
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
Una íntima conversación con El Maestro.
¿Qué es la música? ¿Dónde comienza? ¿Cuál es su propósito? ¿Sigue teniendo sentido estudiar música hoy en día? Las historias y reflexiones de Morricone en conversación con su discípulo y confidente, el también compositor Alessandro de Rosa, giran en torno a estas cuestiones. Juntos recuperan muchos de los recuerdos que pueblan la singladura vital del maestro, tanto en lo concerniente a la evolución...
2) Ennio
Author
Language
Italiano
Description
Giuseppe Tornatore pays tribute to Ennio Morricone in a moving and comprehensive documentary portrait of the prolific composer, exploring the breadth of the maestro's career across the hundreds of unforgettable film scores that he wrote.
Series
Criterion collection volume 249
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Français
Description
Dramatizes the harrowing events of 1957, a key year in Algeria's struggle for independence from France. Recreates the tumultuous Algerian uprising against the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, the French torture prisoners for information and the Algerians resort to terrorism in their quest for independence. Children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, women plant bombs in cafés. The French win the battle, but ultimately...
5) The mission
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An epic about a man of the sword and a man of the cloth who unite to shield the Guarani South American Indian tribe from brutal subjugation by 18th-century colonial empires. "The historical events represented in this story are true, and occurred around the borderlands of Argentina, Paraguay & Brazil in the year 1750"--Opening credits.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape. Bounty hunter John Ruth and his fugitive Daisy race toward the town of Red Rock, where Ruth will bring Daisy to justice. Losing their lead on the blizzard, they seek refuge at Minnie's, a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass. When they arrive at Minnie's, they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces. As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover, our travelers come...
10) Cinema paradiso
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Italiano
Description
"Set in an Italian village, Salvatore finds himself enchanted by the flickering images at the Cinema Paradiso, yearning for the secret of the cinema's magic. When the projectionist, Alfredo, agrees to reveal the mysteries of moviemaking, a deep friendship is born. The day comes for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream for making movies of his own. Thirty years later he receives a message that beckons him back home to a secret, beautiful...