Ides of March
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Tui
Jedi
Brutus' Speech at Caesar's Funeral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6X-8dokRE
Mark Antony's Speech at Caesar's Funeral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9C55TkUP8
There have been other actors delivering Mark Antony's speech through the years, for instance Charlton Heston. Heston's acting is good, but perhaps much more rabble rousing than Marlon Brando's more refined version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bi1PvXCbr8
Mini-series:
Julius Caesar Part 1/2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEvyCqo8jU
Julius Caesar Part 2/2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYS70eZSmE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM6X-8dokRE
Mark Antony's Speech at Caesar's Funeral:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X9C55TkUP8
There have been other actors delivering Mark Antony's speech through the years, for instance Charlton Heston. Heston's acting is good, but perhaps much more rabble rousing than Marlon Brando's more refined version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bi1PvXCbr8
Mini-series:
Julius Caesar Part 1/2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYEvyCqo8jU
Julius Caesar Part 2/2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYYS70eZSmE
naorma
The Living Force
Ynna said:
thank you Yanna for this links: I am watching the film right now!
And: Concerning the speeches - I like and liked them very much - even did that with my children when they were young and had to learn. Sometimes we would make a break and I just recited this Mark Antonys speech!
Approaching Infinity said:maryd said:I have always made note of the Ides of March, just never thought of lighting a candle for him. I will do this too.
I dug up my old 'Masters of Rome' books, as I recalled that Colleen McCullough had drawn her own portrait of Caesar from various busts & paintings of him. It was in 'Fortune's Favorites' page 438 (1993 edition).
I like this rendition of him, Colleen is ever faithful to detail. [I wonder what Caesar himself thinks of it?!?I think he would say she got his eyebrows & nose wrong]
Anyway, thanks for the idea of honouring this wonderful man with candles & with thanks from those who recognize his gift to mankind.
What did you think of the books? I haven't read them. Do they portray Caesar well?
Hi Approaching Infinity, Thanks for your reply. I am a long-time fan of Colleen McC's books.
Never-the-less, I was absolutely blown away by her "Caesar" book series. She was granted an honourary membership to some University for her massive research on ancient Rome. The Glossaries made up 1/6 of the books. I gladly inhaled these as a true Latin high-schooler.
She portrayed Caesar in the good slant he deserved. I was mesmerized by her portrayal of him. It was like she was an old friend who wanted to set the record straight!
Anyone interested in Caesar would enjoy this series.
Even in that patriarchical society, Caesar honoured his Mother. What a role-model !!!
maryd said:
After reading this, and some other reviews online, I'm sold. Sounds like McCullough might have tapped into some good inspiration to write these books. I'm going to check them out.
Tui
Jedi
Laura quote:
Indeed, Laura, if you mean the miniseries with the plastic unimpressive little Caesar drowning in his own helmet, for whom I had little empathy (in fact, none). It was a sorry spectacle of a movie. The actor reminded me of the young slapstick comedian Jerry Lewis of long ago, I expected Dean Martin to come out of the wings at any moment and the two of them to start falling over their own feet. Nothing came through of the greatness of Julius Caesar, who it is said was the greatest military man ever, and who inspired and was beloved by his tough Roman legions who would die for him, nothing of the Caesar described by Plutarch, for instance (although Plutarch is sometimes accused of inflating the greatness a bit, of some of the great historical people he admired).
This series paints only broad strokes of parts of Caesar's history, without clearly showing the time lapses, causing much confusion, and many of the scenes are not based on historical facts (although one is always skeptical about "historical facts"). At the end of the movie, I was waiting for the "Et tu, Brute", and was surprised when they did not include that mistake as well.
So, big disappointment on the whole after I watched it last night after posting the links earlier in the day. I only watched the speeches from other links during the day, and looked forward very much to a good historical movie in the evening.
Ynna
Indeed, Laura, if you mean the miniseries with the plastic unimpressive little Caesar drowning in his own helmet, for whom I had little empathy (in fact, none). It was a sorry spectacle of a movie. The actor reminded me of the young slapstick comedian Jerry Lewis of long ago, I expected Dean Martin to come out of the wings at any moment and the two of them to start falling over their own feet. Nothing came through of the greatness of Julius Caesar, who it is said was the greatest military man ever, and who inspired and was beloved by his tough Roman legions who would die for him, nothing of the Caesar described by Plutarch, for instance (although Plutarch is sometimes accused of inflating the greatness a bit, of some of the great historical people he admired).
This series paints only broad strokes of parts of Caesar's history, without clearly showing the time lapses, causing much confusion, and many of the scenes are not based on historical facts (although one is always skeptical about "historical facts"). At the end of the movie, I was waiting for the "Et tu, Brute", and was surprised when they did not include that mistake as well.
So, big disappointment on the whole after I watched it last night after posting the links earlier in the day. I only watched the speeches from other links during the day, and looked forward very much to a good historical movie in the evening.
Ynna
Palinurus
The Living Force
maryd said:Approaching Infinity said:maryd said:I have always made note of the Ides of March, just never thought of lighting a candle for him. I will do this too.
I dug up my old 'Masters of Rome' books, as I recalled that Colleen McCullough had drawn her own portrait of Caesar from various busts & paintings of him. It was in 'Fortune's Favorites' page 438 (1993 edition).
I like this rendition of him, Colleen is ever faithful to detail. [I wonder what Caesar himself thinks of it?!?
Anyway, thanks for the idea of honouring this wonderful man with candles & with thanks from those who recognize his gift to mankind.
What did you think of the books? I haven't read them. Do they portray Caesar well?
Hi Approaching Infinity, Thanks for your reply. I am a long-time fan of Colleen McC's books.
Never-the-less, I was absolutely blown away by her "Caesar" book series. She was granted an honourary membership to some University for her massive research on ancient Rome. The Glossaries made up 1/6 of the books. I gladly inhaled these as a true Latin high-schooler.
She portrayed Caesar in the good slant he deserved. I was mesmerized by her portrayal of him. It was like she was an old friend who wanted to set the record straight!
Anyone interested in Caesar would enjoy this series.
Even in that patriarchical society, Caesar honoured his Mother. What a role-model !!!
Thank you maryd for signaling these novels. Since I never had heard of Colleen McCullough or her books I went googling and found out two things via her wikipage:
first, that she recently died (on January 29, 2015) and
second, that her Masters of Rome series consists of seven separate novels which each have their own wikipage with plot summaries.
Seems nice to know for those who prefer looking before leaping... :)
Drea
Jedi Master
March 15th is my brother's birthday and he just happens to be the only person in my family who also knows who Caesar was.
When I went to see him he brought up the fact that we were celebrating his birthday on the day Caesar died and it didn't seem appropriate.
So we both shared a solemn moment together, I think we both feel saddened by the fact that the story of such a great man has been lost to history.
It would be nice if someday the people would be open to knowing the truth, but it seems like right now humanity needs a savior.
When I went to see him he brought up the fact that we were celebrating his birthday on the day Caesar died and it didn't seem appropriate.
So we both shared a solemn moment together, I think we both feel saddened by the fact that the story of such a great man has been lost to history.
It would be nice if someday the people would be open to knowing the truth, but it seems like right now humanity needs a savior.
