Conan the Barbarian, the movie that made Arnold Schwarzenegger into a star, turns 40 today. Here's kevinfoxjr on the film and the action legend:
reaches its 40th birthday, there’s no better time to remember the cult classic epic fantasy that helped begin Arnold Schwarzenegger’s acting career. It was peak 1980s fantasy action and it led to Schwarzenegger becoming the go-to hero for mainstream Hollywood action, usually with guns instead of swords. Schwarzenegger is probably the most famous bodybuilder and one of the most famous actors to ever live, and one of the few to go on to hold public office.
Conan was created in 1932 by author Robert E. Howard and the idea of a Conan film started circulating in the early 1970s, around when Marvel started publishing comics about the character. By 1979, legendary producer Dino De Laurentiis had the rights.
The plot isn’t mind-bendingly profound, but its success comes from the marriage of the writer-director’s thematic philosophy and the performers’ personality and charisma. While it’s a fantasy movie, Milius’ focus on Conan’s sheer will and determination matched well with Schwarzenegger’s persona.focuses on three relative newcomers to acting in Schwarzenegger , Lopez and Bergman alongside the steady-handed veterans Jones and von Sydow.
Milius’ creation of a northern European hero that goes on a quest for vengeance against the realm’s sole Black man—a cult leader who bewitches an impressionable young white woman—inspired critiques of the story as broadcasting the type of propagandistic images that people worried about with . Still, the captivating depiction of The Austrian Oak as a sword-swinging hero was effective for more than just reproducing “problematic” imagery. It created a star who sold tickets for decades., another cult classic under the eye of De Laurentiis, didn’t spawn a sequel or propel a comic franchise you can still find on store shelves. Ferrigno’s star turn inspawned a sequel in Italy, but isn’t remembered as well in the U.S.
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