The Wind and the Lion (1975) - the Raisuli (Sean Connery) and Eden Pedecaris (Candice Bergen). Ive been sharing these prompts with my sister, and she rolled her eyes when I told her this choice for my favorite love story. She called this movie the most frustrating love story of all time. Hee. But what she hates about it is exactly what I love so much about it. I love the relationship between the two main characters, how it grows and becomes something special and wonderful -- without them ever sharing a kiss or bed or anything physical. When he comes and rescues her single-handedly after her escape attempt goes wrong, okay, thats probably the most romantic moment in a movie ever for me. And at the end, after shes returns the favor and rescues him, when he tells her goodbye: Ill see you again, Mrs. Pedecaris, when were are both like golden clouds on the wind, I almost always tear up. Definitely my favorite love story in a film. Its also my favorite Sean Connery role, and one of the few films I adore Candice Bergen in. The love story is also intrinsically bound up in Jerry Goldsmiths score, which is some of the most sweepingly romantic music, I know. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so I dont go for typical happy ending love stories. I cant help what I like. One thing in the movie is true. Perdicaris came to admire and befriend Raisuli. Perdicaris later said: “I go so far as to say that I do not regret having been his prisoner for some time… He is not a bandit, not a murderer, but a patriot forced into acts of brigandage to save his native soil and his people from the yoke of tyranny.” So there you have it: Real vs. Reel and another example of when politics are involved, don’t believe everything you hear.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Apr 2014 01:22:14 +0000
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