The Warrior, FLYCUB20100, Dario Marianelli
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the warrior
The Warrior has to date won the bfi's 'Sutherland Trophy' (awarded to the best new film from a new film-maker) and the BIFA Best Feature Debut Award (to director/writer Asif Kapadia).
The Warrior is a timeless story of the epic journey of a warrior (Lafcadia, played by Irfan Khan) leading a violent life in the deserts of Rajasthan, whose conscience awakens during a life changing incident and leads him to escape to the snow capped peaks of the Himalayas in search of peace and redemption.
Dario Marianelli's powerful and evocative soundtrack to THE WARRIOR perfectly captures the subtle emotion of the fable like story. THE WARRIOR was written as a visual film and has very little dialogue, allowing the music to play a leading role in the storytelling of the movie. Unusually Dario began composing the score on location, allowing director Asif Kapadia the luxury of never having to edit the film with either mute celluloid or guide tracks.
Dario used the renowned Indian musician Baluji Shrivastay whose Dilruba (an ancient Indian bowed instrument) playing is pivotal to many key scenes in the film.
FILM SYNOPSIS: 
the warrior A shared interest in magical realism and morality tales brought Asif Kapadia and co-writer Tim Miller to a Japanese folk legend, the starting point for The Warrior, relocating the story to India. Lafcadia, head of a band of warriors employed by a tyrannical warlord who rules the region from his crumbling fort in the desert, is ordered to wipe out a village late with its payments. The warriors set off on horseback and proceed to raze the rustic village to the ground. In the midst of the slaughter, Lafcadia has a mystical encounter with a young girl who had befriended his young son Katiba. Lafcadia drops his sword and vows to never kill again. He decides to escape his violent life and sets off with Katiba for his native village in the mountains.
Think The Horse Thief meets Sergio Leone, alongside The Crouching Tiger and you won't go far wrong.
Established in 1958, the bfi has awarded the Sutherland Trophy to the maker of the most original and imaginative first feature film screened during the London Film Festival. "The jury found it tremendously difficult to choose a winner as the shortlist was of an exceptionally high standard this year. However, there was a unanimous feeling that The Warrior was superbly directed, written and performed, and it stood out as the strongest and most powerful film. It is a mesmerising achievement with a real poetic vision. "
The soundtrack CD celebrates Asif and Dario's inspirational debut achievement by including a limited edition poster with the release.
'Marianelli is a rising talent and a refreshingly original one.... Making this ambitious work a distinctive and all embracing experience.'
Track Listing
- Main Theme
- The Warriors
- Runaway
- Climbing Snow
- Scorpions
- Sandstorm
- Riaz
- Tarang - 1st version
- Kat Slaughtered
- Blessing
- The Fort
- Madhu's Song
- Farewell
- Acceptance
- Burnt Villagers
- The Blind Women
- Biswa's Death
- Peace At Last
- Kidnapped
- One Last Vision
- The Warriors (reprise)
Reviews
• Khan fills the screen with his sheer smouldering, physical presence.
Derek Elley, Variety 04 Aug 2001
• A poised and confident first feature. (...) The absorbing story of one man's renunciation of violence and his quest for peace has echoes of the lean, flinty Western that Hollywood made in the post-war years...(...) it is a rare film that leaves you wanting more.
Allan Hunter, Screen International 24 Aug 2001
• Based on an ancient Japanese folk story, this is epic, profound and mature storytelling at its best. 5 / 5
The Scotsman
• A visually resplendent epic... from the Rajasthan deserts to the Himalayan summits. It's bold, simple, mythic cinema.
Time Out
• A stirring and timeless fable, rife with raw power... It boasts a rich, sumptuous beauty and echoes of a Lean/Leone epic grandeur. 4 / 5
Uncut
• Asif Kapadia's Japanese-style Indian Spaghetti Western is the best British film in ages.
Sleazenation
• Stunning cinematography and a virtuoso central performance... storytelling in its simplest and most compelling form.
Esquire
• A masterpiece
Tatler
• Magnificent
Daily Mail 29 Apr 2002
• It is a movie I can heartily recommend with absolutely no reservations. Go and see It! 4 / 5
Daily Mirror 03 May 2002
• Imagine a Clint Eastwood Western crossed with a Kurosawa samurai spectacular and you have some sense of what the film achieves 4 / 5
Daily Express 03 May 2002
• A remarkable debut... this film demands to be seen. Breathtaking 4 / 5
The Guardian 03 May 2002