The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89582   Message #1691895
Posted By: Peter T.
13-Mar-06 - 07:35 AM
Thread Name: guitar anachronisms
Subject: RE: guitar anachronisms
In Ivanhoe (set circa 1100) , the hero wanders around playing a Renaissance lute (which at one point he breaks over a soldier's head for no reason, as if something so expensive would be gaily smashed).   The soundtrack also plays authentic medieval music from about 1400. Meanwhile, everyone in the film wears synthetic colours that were invented circa 1900. But once you start on a film like Ivanhoe, you never stop.

yours,

Peter T.