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List Price: $19.95 | | Label: Galatia Films
Salesrank: 34438
Released: May 7, 2009 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Reclaiming the Blade celebrates the culture and craft of swords and the Hollywood legends and academic warriors who wield them. The film explores the Medieval and Renaissance blade; a profound and beautiful object handcrafted by master artisans of old. Today, much of the history of the sword remains cloaked under a shadow of legend. Reclaiming the Blade highlights today s cinematic tribute to the beauty and necessity of the sword through films such as Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Chronicles of Narnia and The Pirates of the Caribbean.
Narrated by acclaimed Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies and produced with the support of Peter Jackson, Weta Workshop, Skywalker Sound and the Royal Armouries, this unique film brings to life our fascination with swords in popular media and the emergence of a worldwide movement to reclaim the ancient art of medieval and renaissance martial arts. Highly anticipated, Reclaiming the Blade traces the sword s true history throughout the ages and features the following talent:
Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises), Karl Urban (Borne Supremacy, JJ Abrams new Star Trek), Richard Taylor (LOTR, King Kong, Narnia), Bob Anderson (Hollywood Sword-master to Errol Flynn, Johnny Depp, Star Wars, etc), and legendary Illustrator John Howe (LOTR, Narnia).
The cutting-edge soundtrack to the film illuminates the story with an original orchestral score by composer David James Nielsen and pop/rock hits from the Doves, Yo La Tengo, The Dandy Warhols, and Juliana Hatfield, among others.
Reclaiming the Blade (Single-disc edition) Reviews:
Disappointing 
2009-11-01 - This is like a history channel documentary, with deep narration trying for "reclaiming" drama. Some of it was interesting and I liked seeing all the different researchers and re-creators playing with swords, which they were very insistent on calling 'European Martial Arts' -- I guess in contrast to Asian martial arts. I try to avoid cultural stereotypes in any case.
But my husband pointed out that in saying that The Blade was lost, they totally ignored all the cavalry sabers and rifle bayonets. I was also a bit miffed that this documentary didn't give enough credit to the SCA people who did a ton of original source research back in the early 1970s.
The extended edition might be better, or it might just be longer, I can't tell. Reclaiming the Blade (2-disc Special Edition)
loved this movie! 
2009-09-25 - really liked this film, the cinematography was great! the music and sound effects were really good too. i love swords even more because i now know better more about what they truly meant in times past.
It's ok 
2009-09-25 - This is a good introduction to the sword and how it has influenced European history. It does not pay enough homage to the Asian influence of the sword which is just as important.
