Rob Ayling, yer Gonzo Grande Fromage, writes:
"Thom the World poet is an old mate of mine from way back in my history. Even pre-dating Voiceprint, when I was running "Otter Songs" and Thom's poetry tapes and guest appearances with Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth and Mother Gong are well known and highly regarded. It just felt right to include a daily poem from Thom on our Gonzo blog and when I approached him to do so, he replied within seconds!!! Thom is a great talent and just wants to spread poetry, light and positive energy across the globe. If we at Gonzo can help him do that - why not?"
SERGIO LEONE 'S "A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS"
made Clint Eastwood into a star,as did"FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE"
But the film that astonished me most was "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA":..
Of course,i saw only the censored version,with jump cuts and missing sections..
Yet even then,it was an astonishing work.Like Sergei Bondarchuk's 'WAR &PEACE"
it was meant to be a six to nine hour epic,but was butchered to meet the limits
of American viewing habits.Same with 1900.Same with Abel Gance's NAPOLEON..
Americans can abide two to three hour movies,but balk at devoting two nights to epic cinema..
LORD OF THE RINGS saved longer versions for the DVD release,and DIRECTOR'S CUTS
often allow us to see the uncensored versions of European cinema masterpieces.
But the five versions of BLADE RUNNER still clock in at two hours each,
and DELETED SCENES only twenty minutes extra.Sergio Leone is remembered
by those spaghetti westerns,but his epic ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
is the version we need to see our country as other's see it(even if censored/even if butchered)
Like the Venus De Milo with arms,or the Great Pyramid with restored capstone,
it will require another way of seeing/another way of being..
@peace with demanding and dramatic epic cinema stories..YES!
On Wednesday, November 27, 2019, 3:02:35 PM PST, Randy Lusk <a80755@gmail.com> wrote:
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