[BITList] Duelling banjos--How it Came to Be

[franka]

    Pretty neat story…read the commentary below.

    If you saw the film, “Deliverance,” you will recall this scene…a
    classic.


    The guy playing the guitar is Ronnie Cox from Portales NewMexico.

    Autism?  Asperger's syndrome? Genius primary, social interaction
    secondary?  Serendipity?........or maybe we just haven't figured it
    out yet.

    Plumbing the depths of the human mind and spirit is an eternal frontier.

    Watch the young mans face not his fingers.


    *Read this before viewing video....*

    This is an excerpt of the film "Deliverance".   When the filming
    group of the movie stopped at a gas station somewhere, one of the
    actors started to play a tune of the film on his guitar.

    When a boy who was watching (an autistic) heard the music, he
    started to respond with notes from his banjo. They started an
    incredible dialogue of instruments and the autistic boy expressed
    himself in probably the only form in which he was prepared to
    communicate.

    This is how this remarkable scene, that was included in the movie,
    was developed and filmed. Look at the expression of the boy. At
    first, he seems uncertain and waiting but as the intensity of the
    music progressed, his lost expression was gone and an expression of
    pleasure and happiness was recovered; thanks to this guitar player
    who happened to pass by.

    After this magic moment passed, the boy returned into himself
    leaving this part of his externalized beauty in the film. This truly
    was a memorable part of the movie.

    Read the story line below first, then download the video.


    This is a good story. I never knew it was true.

    This scene was not a part of the script until the camera man
    happened to catch it on film...The family was well paid; and beat
    poverty by accident.

    Watch the little boy especially at the end...




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