tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83170679115132197452012-02-16T11:11:42.156-08:00A compendium of films, books, and other Civil War itemsRiconoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317067911513219745.post-79077429079003800782008-08-26T07:14:00.000-07:002008-08-26T07:21:20.679-07:00Many of these items are available from <a href="http://www.amazon.com/">Amazon</a>.<br /><br />Reviewed works, listed alphabetically:<br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Cold Mountain</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQQvW_wG9I/AAAAAAAADQQ/ScAojUAPQVM/s1600-h/1coldmtn.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQQvW_wG9I/AAAAAAAADQQ/ScAojUAPQVM/s200/1coldmtn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238830672351599570" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">Cold Mountain</span> by Charles Frazier, The Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997<br />Review by Henry Fardan<br />An elegaic history of one small part of the Civil War. Literature, not history, but good nonetheless.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8317067911513219745-7907742907900380078?l=appomattoxlibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Riconoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8317067911513219745.post-16625275565894111682008-08-26T06:27:00.000-07:002008-08-26T12:02:15.686-07:00Many of these items are available from <a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon</a>. You can go directly to their ordering system, which shows pricing and availability and includes both professional and reader's reviews, by clicking on the image of the video cover or the film icon alongside each review.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reviewed works, listed alphabetically:</span><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The<br />Great Northfield Minnesota Raid, The<br />Long Riders, The<br />Outlaw Josey Wales, The<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQOu_vLYEI/AAAAAAAADQI/nf0TNiN3Dc0/s1600-h/1gbu.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQOu_vLYEI/AAAAAAAADQI/nf0TNiN3Dc0/s200/1gbu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238828467084812354" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</span>, a Sergio Leone film, 1967 (originally <span style="font-style:italic;">Buono, il brutto, il cattivo</span>)<br />Review by Henry Fardan<br />Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach.<br />No more perfect type-casting in movie history. While it purports to be about the Civil War, it's really a Western in disguise. "A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery." Don't miss it when Wallach says "if you're going to talk, talk, if you're going to shoot, shoot..." Buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Good-Bad-Ugly-Widescreen/dp/0792836510/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1219758645&sr=1-7">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQIjTHhkWI/AAAAAAAADPQ/2ctf1-tnnRc/s1600-h/1raid.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQIjTHhkWI/AAAAAAAADPQ/2ctf1-tnnRc/s200/1raid.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238821669059006818" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid</span><br />Review by Henry Fardan<br />While <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792839161/">The Long Riders</a> is probably more brotherly, Cliff Robertson as Cole Younger is still one of the best. It's more about what happened as a result of the Civil War, but it shows what a bunch of Southern boys can do if they put their mind to it.<br />Buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Great-Northfield-Minnesota-Cliff-Robertson/dp/6301065581/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=video&qid=1219757957&sr=1-1">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQI2cY_aAI/AAAAAAAADPY/Botu8Jvnsxg/s1600-h/1riders.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLQI2cY_aAI/AAAAAAAADPY/Botu8Jvnsxg/s200/1riders.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238821997965699074" /></a><span style="font-style:italic;">The Long Riders</span>, a Walter Hill film, 1980, United Artists<br />Review by Henry Fardan<br />The Carradines as the Younger brothers. The Keaches as the James brothers. The Quaids as the Miller brothers. The Guests as the Ford brothers. The <span style="font-style:italic;">Great Northfield Minnesota Raid</span> all over again.<br />It don't get any better than this.<br />Buy it <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0792839161/">here</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLRRALQII-I/AAAAAAAADR8/x_aRrnkteaA/s1600-h/1josey.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_hhbo_4_d6BE/SLRRALQII-I/AAAAAAAADR8/x_aRrnkteaA/s200/1josey.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238901330001011682" /></a>The Outlaw Josey Wales, a Clint Eastwood film, 1976<br />Review by Henry Fardan<br />A Missouri farmer joins a Confederate guerilla unit and winds up on the run from the Union soldiers who murdered his family. Another Western masquerading as a Civil War film.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8317067911513219745-1662527556589411168?l=appomattoxlibrary.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Riconoreply@blogger.com0