Saturday, June 15, 2013

"The Sea Hawk" (1940)

An Errol Flynn movie again with music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.  Grand, rich, exciting music.  Interesting music spots:  The music leading up to the jungle ambush didn't use foreboding music.  It was almost light-hearted.  Maybe because the audience already knew the ambush was coming.  I liked that better because it helped to dispel the tension some.  I don't care for high-tension necessarily.  So, this gave me a chance to keep just enjoying it.  The end sword-fight was an interesting whirlwind of music choices--liked that, too.  Black & white movie.  The end-speech was the only direct indicator of its 1940s historical release (noble-ness inspiring, going to war and all that).

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