| “La golondrina” | |
|---|---|
| Song | |
| Language | Spanish |
| English title | “The Swallow” |
| Written | 1862 |
| Genre | Folk |
| Songwriter(s) | Narciso Serradel Sevilla |
“La golondrina” (English: “The Swallow”) is a song written in 1862 by Mexican physician Narciso Serradell Sevilla (1843-1910), who at the time was exiled to France due to the French intervention in Mexico. The Spanish lyrics uses the image of a migrating swallow to evoke sentiments of longing for the homeland. It became the signature song of the exiled Mexicans. The song was recorded in 1906 by Señor Francisco. A guitar instrumental was recorded by Chet Atkins in 1955. The song has also been recorded by Caterina Valente (1959)
Nat King Cole (1962)
Plácido Domingo (1984), Flaco Jiménez (1992, instrumental), and Caetano Veloso (1994).
Felice & Boudleaux Bryant wrote lyrics in English, as “She Wears My Ring”, which was first recorded by Jimmy Sweeney(also known as Jimmy Bell) in 1960 with notable cover versions by Roy Orbison (1962)
Ray Price and Solomon King(both 1968)
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and Elvis Presley (1973).
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The song figures prominently in the 1969 film The Wild Bunch, directed by Sam Peckinpah and scored by Jerry Fielding. The local people serenade the bandit protagonists with it as they leave Angel’s Mexican village.
CHINESE VERSION BY SAKURA TENG
| The Wild Bunch | |
|---|---|
| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Sam Peckinpah |
| Produced by | Phil Feldman |
| Screenplay by | Walon GreenSam Peckinpah |
| Story by | Walon GreenRoy N. Sickner |
| Starring | William HoldenErnest BorgnineRobert RyanEdmond O’BrienWarren OatesJaime SánchezBen JohnsonEmilio FernándezStrother MartinL. Q. Jones |
| Music by | Jerry Fielding |
| Cinematography | Lucien Ballard |
| Edited by | Louis Lombardo |
| Production company | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| Release date | June 18, 1969 |
| Running time | 145 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $6 million |
| Box office | $11 million |
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American Revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O’Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.
The screenplay was co-written by Peckinpah, Walon Green, and Roy N. Sickner. The Wild Bunch was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, in Mexico, notably at the Hacienda Ciénaga del Carmen, deep in the desert between Torreón and Saltillo, Coahuila, and on the Rio Nazas.
The Wild Bunch is noted for intricate, multi-angle, quick-cut editing using normal and slow motion images, a revolutionary cinema technique in 1969. The writing of Green, Peckinpah, and Roy N. Sickner was nominated for a best screenplay Oscar, and the music by Jerry Fielding was nominated for Best Original Score. Additionally, Peckinpah was nominated for an Outstanding Directorial Achievement award by the Directors Guild of America, and cinematographer Lucien Ballard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography.
In 1999, the U.S. National Film Registry selected The Wild Bunch for preservation in the Library of Congress as “culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant”. The film was ranked 80th in the American Film Institute‘s 100 best American films and the 69th most thrilling film. In 2008, the AFI listed 10 best films in 10 genres and ranked The Wild Bunch as the sixth-best Western.
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