Saturday, May 7, 2011
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Dueling Banjos...
Everyone will remember the Dueling Banjos scene from "Deliverance"...I've never heard this story about how it became part of the film.
The link below is an excerpt from the film "Deliverance." When the film crew of the movie stopped at a gas station somewhere, one of the actors started to play a tune from the film on his guitar. When a boy who was watching (who was autistic) heard the music, he started to respond with notes from his banjo. They started an incredible dialogue of instruments and the boy expressed himself in probably the only form in which he was prepared to communicate.
This is how this remarkable scene, which was included in the movie, was developed and filmed. If you look at the expression of the boy, at first he seems uncertain and waiting, but as the intensity of the music progressed, his lost expression was gone and an expression of pleasure and happiness was recovered...thanks to this guitar player who happened to pass by.
After this magic moment passed, the boy returned into himself leaving this part of his externalized beauty in the film. This truly was a memorable part of the movie.
This scene was not a part of the script until the camera man just happened to catch it on film. The family was well paid; and beat poverty by accident.
Watch the boy's face, especially at the end...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8
The link below is an excerpt from the film "Deliverance." When the film crew of the movie stopped at a gas station somewhere, one of the actors started to play a tune from the film on his guitar. When a boy who was watching (who was autistic) heard the music, he started to respond with notes from his banjo. They started an incredible dialogue of instruments and the boy expressed himself in probably the only form in which he was prepared to communicate.
This is how this remarkable scene, which was included in the movie, was developed and filmed. If you look at the expression of the boy, at first he seems uncertain and waiting, but as the intensity of the music progressed, his lost expression was gone and an expression of pleasure and happiness was recovered...thanks to this guitar player who happened to pass by.
After this magic moment passed, the boy returned into himself leaving this part of his externalized beauty in the film. This truly was a memorable part of the movie.
This scene was not a part of the script until the camera man just happened to catch it on film. The family was well paid; and beat poverty by accident.
Watch the boy's face, especially at the end...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8
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