Yes Roxana was from the city of Balkh which in modern day Northern Afghanistan and the city is also known as Bactrian. And her dress is very similar to an Afghan dress.
Are you kidding me...Ancient India was Huge back then. I'm of Indian Decent and I'm very light and even some Pakistani's are blacker then tar.Pakistan Persia And India have alot of common ancestry. Old Persian and Sanskrit and Mesopotamian have very similar languages and Gods.And i do not mean to denote any other person every one is beauty.
Great movie, it was all based upon a pure suspicion about Alexander being gay.... forget that he conquered all the know world by the time he was 24, forget that he was a military tactical genius, forget the impact he had on the ancient world .. lets cut out his accomplishments and make a movie about him being or not in a gay relationship with Hephaestion.
I think she very much looks the part as Bookeeper57 said, and played it beautifully and she is of Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Irish and Native American ancestry. So it's not like she's an full blooded African. And African Americans that are born here in America are all mixed with something unless they came straight from Africa. And when it comes to acting and portraying a character or real life person it doesn't matter what race you are as long as it comes a long as truthful.;-)
Angelina Jolie definitely does NOT have a Greek accent in this movie. She sounds like Count Chocula. The character she plays, Olympias, was an Epirote princess...Greek, just like the Macedonians. None of them have anything in common with the Irish. They are not Celts.
@Justme8772 Ok, 1st of all Rosario Dawson is Latina. Repeat her 1st name slowly with your eyes closed and it will come to you. 2nd of all if you want to talk about mis-castings why don't we talk about white men playing Indians in old westerns or white folk playing Egyptian. I forgot to mention Vaudville when white painted their faces to do black performance.
@bookkeeper57 No, this is central Asian folk dancing. Not Middle Eastern belly dancing. These women have their body covered fully. Belly dancers are not like that. Persia had this type of dancing but now under Islam Iranians seem to be acting the Goat !
@AleksJean21 I do not think that the modern greeks are like that. They are been influenced by Orthodox Christianity so Homosexuality should be taboo over there. But in Ancient Macedonia too this practise was there. Remember Alexander's father , Phillip of Macedon had also a boy lover called Pausanias !
The Theban Sacred Band consisted of male lovers while the Spartans promoted male relationships. The Romans viewed it as strange and odd but did not find the one that was penetrated as inferior. It was the Athenians that considered the male that's penetrated should be younger otherwise you humiliate yourself.
rosario can never be the right choice for this role.. roxana was bactrian royalty .descendin from proto indo aryanic group.. in short a exotic "white" woman.. displayin slavic hints in looks.. u cant just cast sumone with puerto rican n afro-cuban descent to do dat.. big blunder in casting..
You are all contemplating what Roxana should have looked like as an afghan from the region of Soghdia but what about Alexander, hephtaestion and his lot from Macedonia, I wonder if they would have been so blond and blue eyed? In the end it is a hollywood movie - using genuine ethnic actor probably would not have made it the blockbuster is was............
Wrong Spartans (yes the greek spartans) found homosexuality discusing you can look it up, and the Romans were not great fans of it too (in the roman world the person who is penetraded on the sexual act is considered inferior, and the vikings and the visigoths didnt like it too) so people should stop saying that Christianity did that, Yes it helped alot but lots of cultures Homosexuality was a taboo.
Do not unnecessarily called people retarded without your using the proper wording. read your own previous lines. You have not mentioned the word " hate " in it. You have only mentioned that " it was a German that created the concept of homosexuality ...."
I think Rosario was totally miscast and wrong for the part. Then again maybe they were looking for someone who had no problem being comfortable naked and doing sex scenes who the hell knows.
This movie really hurt my feelings... They made Alexander the Great become Alexander the Gay...... None the less...Why do I have a feelig that if Colinf Farrel is really the bad boy he had a hard time sitting through this part?:P
Yes Roxana was from the city of Balkh which in modern day Northern Afghanistan and the city is also known as Bactrian. And her dress is very similar to an Afghan dress.
Nazaneen Jon she was Sogdian... her father was the Sogdian Spitamenes... closest surviving people to Sogdian are Yaghnobi people in Tajikistan
This is my favorite part of the movie
a love the twrill dance at 0:40 it's just so entrancing, very beautifuly done.
Oooh, love this scene. Perfect. "Those who love too much, lose everything. Those who love with irony - laaast!"
Trop belle,cette scène de danse !!!!
j'adore !!!!!
Are you kidding me...Ancient India was Huge back then. I'm of Indian Decent and I'm very light and even some Pakistani's are blacker then tar.Pakistan Persia And India have alot of common ancestry. Old Persian and Sanskrit and Mesopotamian have very similar languages and Gods.And i do not mean to denote any other person every one is beauty.
Muy bello es esta danza :)
great dagger dance!!!
muy bello este baile, no me acuerdo en que otra peliculas ponen esta danza.
There have always been dancers, and there always will be.
Great movie, it was all based upon a pure suspicion about Alexander being gay.... forget that he conquered all the know world by the time he was 24, forget that he was a military tactical genius, forget the impact he had on the ancient world .. lets cut out his accomplishments and make a movie about him being or not in a gay relationship with Hephaestion.
so ancient Iranians apparently looked like Puerto Ricans...I was expecting her to break into J-Lo song when I watched this the first time
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How many ignorant comments!!!
But the video is nice. Thank you
I think she very much looks the part as Bookeeper57 said, and played it beautifully and she is of Puerto Rican, Afro-Cuban, Irish and Native American ancestry. So it's not like she's an full blooded African. And African Americans that are born here in America are all mixed with something unless they came straight from Africa. And when it comes to acting and portraying a character or real life person it doesn't matter what race you are as long as it comes a long as truthful.;-)
"Roxane's Dance" from the Alexander soundtrack by Vangelis.
this is hunza which is in Pakistan northen and we still have this type of dance there in kahlash
at that time people in Afghanistan and Pakistan are maybe Zoroaster and Hindu
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Angelina Jolie definitely does NOT have a Greek accent in this movie. She sounds like Count Chocula.
The character she plays, Olympias, was an Epirote princess...Greek, just like the Macedonians. None of them have anything in common with the Irish. They are not Celts.
very nice dance
Can any one give the name of this instrumental music, please ? .
It sounds Indian and not Persian, anyway !
@PersianAfghani I was under the impression that Roxanna must have been a rural //Parthian// landholder's daughter.
@mecario Actually Rosario Dawson is Afro-Cuban that means she's Black an d Latina
I totally agree with you.
She doesn't posses the traits that would make you believe she's Persian.
@bramaburrr You can still learn it in Iran and upper Pakistani regions.
@bramaburrr its a bit near to some persian dance styles
@Justme8772
Ok, 1st of all Rosario Dawson is Latina. Repeat her 1st name slowly with your eyes closed and it will come to you. 2nd of all if you want to talk about mis-castings why don't we talk about white men playing Indians in old westerns or white folk playing Egyptian. I forgot to mention Vaudville when white painted their faces to do black performance.
I wonder if these girls do parties.
@bookkeeper57
No, this is central Asian folk dancing. Not Middle Eastern belly dancing. These women have their body covered fully. Belly dancers are not like that.
Persia had this type of dancing but now under Islam Iranians seem to be acting the Goat !
@AleksJean21
I do not think that the modern greeks are like that. They are been influenced by Orthodox Christianity so Homosexuality should be taboo over there.
But in Ancient Macedonia too this practise was there. Remember Alexander's father , Phillip of Macedon had also a boy lover called Pausanias !
i love this song, what is his name please???
The Theban Sacred Band consisted of male lovers while the Spartans promoted male relationships. The Romans viewed it as strange and odd but did not find the one that was penetrated as inferior. It was the Athenians that considered the male that's penetrated should be younger otherwise you humiliate yourself.
rosario can never be the right choice for this role.. roxana was bactrian royalty .descendin from proto indo aryanic group.. in short a exotic "white" woman.. displayin slavic hints in looks.. u cant just cast sumone with puerto rican n afro-cuban descent to do dat.. big blunder in casting..
she was an indigenous person of Central Asia she was neither "white" nor Slavic nor a Hispanic Afro you are as stupid as Oliver Stone.
dandylion of course she would be white. Many isolated yaghnobi people (decandents of soghdians) are white.
To think the real complaint you`d have would be Colin Farrel as Alexander.
@bramaburrr hi buddy it is flok dance of today Hunza which is in Pakistan. but this dance is also fine in other Northern part of Pakistan.
How come is it so hard to find the theme song to this movie??
You are all contemplating what Roxana should have looked like as an afghan from the region of Soghdia but what about Alexander, hephtaestion and his lot from Macedonia, I wonder if they would have been so blond and blue eyed? In the end it is a hollywood movie - using genuine ethnic actor probably would not have made it the blockbuster is was............
Wrong Spartans (yes the greek spartans) found homosexuality discusing you can look it up, and the Romans were not great fans of it too (in the roman world the person who is penetraded on the sexual act is considered inferior, and the vikings and the visigoths didnt like it too) so people should stop saying that Christianity did that, Yes it helped alot but lots of cultures Homosexuality was a taboo.
what is the name of this song?
Mix every real dance you know, put it in a Hollywood blender... Voilá!
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U said she's native american. So she's indian then?
From where ever did you get that theory ?
@bramaburrr My thoughts EXACTLY!!!!!!!!!
@RoseBlossomGarden Yeah?Well i really don't care about skin color. Heh
But if you look it up. Ancient Aryans were very short and black. So she wouldn't have been completely white.
I really didn't care for your input. lol
Do not unnecessarily called people retarded without your using the proper wording. read your own previous lines. You have not mentioned the word " hate " in it. You have only mentioned that " it was a German that created the concept of homosexuality ...."
How come then that Homosexuality arose from ancient Greece. ? The German history had not even started then .
except irish accents
Yes, it is after the coming of Christianity only that Homosexuality became taboo.
For the ancient Greeks it is part of their culture .
I think Rosario was totally miscast and wrong for the part. Then again maybe they were looking for someone who had no problem being comfortable naked and doing sex scenes who the hell knows.
This movie really hurt my feelings... They made Alexander the Great become Alexander the Gay...... None the less...Why do I have a feelig that if Colinf Farrel is really the bad boy he had a hard time sitting through this part?:P
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INDIANS ALWAYS GOOD AT DANCING
Nope.
aryan blood....make me laught
what is the name of this song?