Fellini was a notorious perfectionist,[34] and this could be trying for his cast. At an American Film Institute student seminar, Quinn spoke of Fellini's intransigence over selecting a box in which Zampanò carries his cigarette butts, scrutinizing over 500 boxes before finding just the right one: "As for me, any of the boxes would have been satisfactory to carry the butts in, but not Federico".[30] Quinn also recalled being particularly proud of a certain scene in which his performance had earned applause from onlookers on the set, only to receive a phone call from Fellini late that night informing him that they would have to re-do the entire sequence because Quinn had been too good: "You see, you're supposed to be a bad, a terrible actor, but the people watching applauded you. They should have laughed at you. So in the morning we do it again."[16] As for Masina, Fellini insisted that she re-create the thin-lipped smile he had seen in her childhood photographs. He cut her hair by putting a bowl on her head and shearing off anything that wasn't covered up, afterwards plastering what remained with soap to give it a "spiky, untidy look," then "flicked talc into her face to give it the pallor of a kabuki performer." He made her wear a World War I surplus cloak that was so frayed its collar cut into her neck.[35] She complained: "You're so nice and sweet to the others in the cast. Why are you so hard on me?"[30]
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Since Quinn and Basehart did not speak Italian, both were dubbed in the original release.[43] Unhappy with the actor who initially dubbed Zampanò, Fellini remembered being impressed by the work done by Arnoldo Foà in dubbing the Toshiro Mifune character in the Italian version of Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, and was able to secure Foà's services at the very last moment.[32] Composer Michel Chion has observed that Fellini particularly exploited the tendency of Italian films of the post-war period to allow considerable freedom in the synching of voices to lip movements, especially in contrast to Hollywood's perceived "obsessive fixation" with the matching of voices to mouths: "In Fellinian extremes, when all those post-synched voices float around bodies, we reach a point where voices--even if we continue to attribute them to the bodies they're assigned--begin to acquire a sort of autonomy, in a baroque and decentered fashion."[44] In the Italian version of La Strada, there are even instances when a character is heard to speak while the actor's mouth is shut tight.[38]
Fuel Economy: Never before has there been such a sincere and emotive ode to a plastic ID card, as Rodrigo equates the freedom of being a teen able to drive with the less exciting flip side of being a teen able to have your world shattered by a breakup for the first time.
The Sims: Superstar features different songs that can be performed by Sims in the Fame career, either live or for a music video shooting. The dance song featured in the game is Glabe Glarn, a noticeably Auto-Tuned eurodance song. There are two Sims in The Sims 2 that are named after the song: Glabe Curious and Glarn Curious. The other songs are Thonsivee (pop ballad), Frettesche (rock), Stambadoo (country), Chebadoo (big band). Special versions of these songs were made available by Maxis as a free download in the game soundtrack .
Thus absent from LUCY I sigh, And droop like the sensitive tree ;But revive by a twink of her eye, For each twink is a sun-beam to me.Since plants are endu'd with this wonderful boon,If you hit the true note, they may dance to a tune ;The question is only, in spite of dull sneers,To discover how Orpheus first tickled their ears ;Then again we may see his sonatas revive,And parsnips and cabbages dance all alive !With roses the hollies in uniform tread,And foot it till weary, and then go to bed !The woodbine and pink most connubially cling,While the loves of the plants Darwent sweetly may sing !Here an ancient Composer gives both bass and air,Of such music as sav'd or corrupted the Fair ;To the utter confusion of such tasteless loons,Who never read Plutarch on chrómatic tunes ;There he proves beyond doubt, that a Bard can inspireEither Virtue or Vice, as he chants to his lyre ;†† Even great Agamemnon, the valiant and wise,Lest in his Clytemnestra soft tumults might rise,From the heart-felt remembrance she once did enjoy,In Hymen's soft tye, ere he pack'd off for Troy,Engag'd a bard chastly to tickle the strings,And save the best Queen, for the best of all Kings.O could my translation his spirit retain,Crim. Con. would be ended, for thus flow'd his strains : O Clytemnestra ! royal Dame, Go, fast and pray, your passions tame,And shun ungodly leers ; Ply the loom with your maids, And if they're lazy jades,Tweak their noses, and pinch the sluts ears. To your nuptial vows stand, And your fancy command,Nor let Venus your dear bosom trouble ; To the young Coxcomb say, Nay, prithee, Sir, Nay,Don't tempt me again to lye double. For your own AG, be coy and nice, Ah ! steep your glowing lips in ice,And then be not afraid O ! If wild Ægistus snatch a kiss, You'll chill, like chaste Diana's Miss,And give him a torpedo !While sweet Clytemnestra was charm'd by this song,In Virtue's sharp pathway she totter'd along,Till the soft maids of honour suggested a fearThat Ægistus had got the wrong sow by the ear ;Then a sly Lydian harper he brib'd by high payTo seduce the dear creature by this melting lay :— You'll never see AG, And when you're an old Hag,No throbs, no wild transports you'll raise ; But now its your duty To cherish your beauty,And wed in the bloom of your days. You're widow'd enough, For old Captain Bluff ;Then, prithee, no longer be coy ; You've nail'd Cupid's dart In Ægistus' soft heart,And he is a sweet tempting boy. Then if AG' here should stray, Send him packing awayTo Briseis, his dear trojan Trull ; If he grumble or scold, Like a heroine bold,Either stab him or shatter his skull.By jealousy fir'd, and muscial measures,Clytemnestra's soft soul was seduc'd into pleasures ;She storm'd, and she swore, and in amorous ire,Cashier'd AGY's bard, snap'd the strings of his lyre ;And turn'd him adrift, with a kick and a frown,In an Island to starve, singing hey derry down !But as Infidel Critics may doubt what I say,The physical cause, let me briefly display ;Why quick, or as slow the harmonious sounds roll,Responsive emotions arise in the soul ;Play up a fandango, and where is free-will ?We can't make our feet (if not gouty) stand still.The nerves sympathetic, in head, toes, and middle,In unison jump with the gut of the fiddle ;Again, a grave Solo gives dull-pac'd vibrations,The pulse no more riots with frisky sensations ;Thus our hearts leap with joy, or sink in a qualm,By the jig of a ballad, or yawn of a psalm.So Cobblers in stalls are proverbially glad,And Methodist rogues are desponding and sad.Sounds grave or acute are quick motions or slow,Ha! ha! answers one, and the other Heigh ho !And technical words for these movements we've got,In Presto we gallop, Andante we trot.O Muse, sweet Music, thy art still bewitches ;In thy transports divine, we find comfort and riches ;You make blind beggars dance, and the cripple to sing,And if he is drunk, he's as great as a King ;All our troubles and anguish, thy melody eases,Gives us health and good spirits, and cures all diseases:And this is the reason, why skilful MusiciansAre at College dub'd Doctors, and rank with Physicians.Thus the flutes of Etruria, so soothing their strain,Heal'd the stripes of their Slaves, tho' convuls'd by the pain ;And the Soldiers of Prussia, tho' cast for a crime,Are scourg'd to light music, precisely in time !Thus Plutarch relates, how the Gods did inspireThaletes the Songster, to tickle his lyre ;And banish the plague by a sanative sound,While thousands at Sparta lay sick on the ground.For when the wing'd Miasms flit thro' the sky,We suck in the pestilence, languish and die ;But music engenders such rapid revulsions,That ev'ry dire Miasm drops in convulsions ;It med'cines the air, and poor mortals o'er-joys,And the seed of the plague by twang-dillo destroys :Thus we sons of Hibernia exultingly smile,And drink to St. Patrick, the pride of our Isle ;Who slew serpents, and spiders, and toads, by a tune,As he danc'd thro' the bogs, playing—Ellen a Roon :Then his blessing he gave, banish'd sorrow and care,Hence her sons are all brave, and her daughters are fair.On Antient Musicians my Song here I'll end,In my next to the Moderns, I'll smoothly descend.To Letter 9HomeN O T E S. 2ff7e9595c
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