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Topic: OT-- What song's on your mind right now?

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utee94

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Re: OT-- What song's on your mind right now?
« Reply #1638 on: July 07, 2023, 12:38:02 PM »
Yeah... no.
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« Reply #1639 on: July 07, 2023, 09:40:35 PM »
Meanwhile back to the movies

have patience it gets good and also very interesting


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaNrAiUNHtQ
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Re: OT-- What song's on your mind right now?
« Reply #1640 on: July 08, 2023, 12:58:49 AM »
I always liked that theme. I never had any knowledge about the time signature; I just knew that it sounded really jazzy.

IIRC, Mr. Tulip discussed 5/4 time way back on this thread.
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« Reply #1641 on: July 08, 2023, 09:29:07 AM »
5/4 is an interesting time signature.  It's unsettling to most ears and is often used to convey the idea of discomfort.  It's also not often used throughout the entire duration a song, but only as part of the piece.

"White Room" by Cream comes to mind, the opening is in 5/4 and then it kicks into common time when the verses begin.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5BF1V1pbTs&t=47s
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Re: OT-- What song's on your mind right now?
« Reply #1642 on: July 08, 2023, 10:40:54 AM »
America song from West Side Story is another example of 5/4 time


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoQEddtFN3Q

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« Reply #1643 on: July 08, 2023, 12:59:41 PM »
Good post, 320! I did not know that Steven Spielberg (or anyone else, for that matter) had done a remake of West Side Story. That scene is a lot brighter--visually--than the one in the 1961 version. I think I like it better.
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« Reply #1644 on: July 08, 2023, 01:17:13 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 08, 2023, 12:59:41 PM
Good post, 320! I did not know that Steven Spielberg (or anyone else, for that matter) had done a remake of West Side Story. That scene is a lot brighter--visually--than the one in the 1961 version. I think I like it better.
yep I watched the remake and IMHO is one of the better remakes Ive seen
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« Reply #1645 on: July 08, 2023, 02:12:12 PM »
Wikipedia notes that some critics believe that Spielberg's version is better than the '61 Wise/Robbins version. Also that it is closer to the '57 Broadway version.

The setting for that "America" segment shows Spielberg at his best. Convincing street scene with period cars. All in great colors. It really captures what you think of when you know that it is set in 1957 in an immigrant-heavy section of New York City.
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« Reply #1646 on: July 08, 2023, 02:35:08 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 08, 2023, 02:12:12 PM
Wikipedia notes that some critics believe that Spielberg's version is better than the '61 Wise/Robbins version. Also that it is closer to the '57 Broadway version.

The setting for that "America" segment shows Spielberg at his best. Convincing street scene with period cars. All in great colors. It really captures what you think of when you know that it is set in 1957 in an immigrant-heavy section of New York City.
I agree but keep in mind that the original movie was in 1961 and todays camera technology has made major improvements over the last 60 years
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« Reply #1647 on: July 09, 2023, 12:44:13 PM »
Here's the same scene in the 1961 version. It looks like it was filmed in a gymnasium.


https://youtu.be/YhSKk-cvblc

I don't know how they adjusted the screenplay in the 2021 version to have this scene take place in daytime.
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« Reply #1648 on: July 09, 2023, 01:36:13 PM »
The 1961 moviebwas almost an exact repeat of the Broadway Play set wise while the current movie transformed the story into a wide ranging on scene location approach  which is better received by audiences
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« Reply #1649 on: July 09, 2023, 02:02:13 PM »
I haven't ever seen the stage play, but the Font of All Wisdom and Knowledge asserts that: "The [2021] film's screenplay hews more closely to the Broadway script of West Side Story than to the 1961 film adaptation written by Ernest Lehman."

Of course, that doesn't necessarily say anything about the sets. The "America" set of the 1961 film definitely looks like it was based on a stage production.
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« Reply #1650 on: July 09, 2023, 03:06:08 PM »
Quote from: CWSooner on July 09, 2023, 02:02:13 PM
I haven't ever seen the stage play, but the Font of All Wisdom and Knowledge asserts that: "The [2021] film's screenplay hews more closely to the Broadway script of West Side Story than to the 1961 film adaptation written by Ernest Lehman."

Of course, that doesn't necessarily say anything about the sets. The "America" set of the 1961 film definitely looks like it was based on a stage production.
I dont think the script plot wise changed at all

There are some word changes in a couple of songs but other then that its pretty much the same stuff
which is a Romeo and Juliet plot
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« Reply #1651 on: July 09, 2023, 03:39:26 PM »
Capulets and Montagues. Jets and Sharks.
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