The title in english and in other languages ...
I don't really get it: how and why ''Te' nel deserto'' became ''The sheltering sky'' ... it changes everything to me. Any ideas why they used different titles in english?
Can you explain your question? Wasn't the book originally written in English, and originally titled "The Sheltering Sky"?
shareWell, I had no idea about the book, but I don't thing that that would have to ne the title of the film as well - and if it had to be, then why not in other languages as well? Maybe it's too hard to translate?
shareUn The au Sahara ( a cup of tea in Sahara) in French
shareWell, i am a english-turkish translator and believe me this title is really hard to translate into Turkish. The title of the book was translated moad a mod, but the title of the movies was "Tea in the desert"....
İt gave me different perspective when i had first learned the original title "the shelterin sky"....Gave a better insight into the story...
I am sure this is way out, but does the song "Tea in the Sahara" by Sting has anything to do remotely with/about the movie?
shareYes, I think so, but I'm reading between the lines. I can tell you one, obscure connection: the shimmering, "fog of sound" you hear in this Police song [it's not a Sting song, but a Police song] is played by guitarist Andy Summers. He was clearly a fan of Robert Fripp and of King Crimson, who, around 1980, released a song with a similar atmospheric "fog of sound", also played on guitar. It's on the album Discipline. The song is called "The Sheltering Sky".
First time I heard "Tea In The Sahara", I recognized, as a musician and fan of both those players, that Tea's atmospheric guitar synth washes were clearly inspired by "The Sheltering Sky". To be fair, I believe Adrian Belew actually came up with that sound first, but I honestly don't know. Belew and Fripp both contributed to "The Sheltering Sky".
Later, as a college student, I had the privilege to work with one of Bowles's biographers, and saw the book title on the shelf. Only then did I reason that the King Crimson piece was inspired by Bowles's novel. Both songs convey a sense of open skies, shimmering mirages and stifling heat. The "Sheltering Sky" is an instrumental piece; long before I knew of any connection between it and desert imagery, I already associated it with stifling heat and stillness, I suppose because of those long, hot and humid summer afternoons when I was listening to it.
What with Sting being a well-read dude [and former English teacher, I think?], it'd be no stretch to imagine that he was aware of the Bowles novel, or that the King Crimson song would lead him to discover it, and thus the image of tea in the Sahara.