So The Artist *FINALLY *made it to tiny West Plains, and I thought it was great! The ending was way too slow, but the rest of it was really nice, although I can see where it really helps to have seen the movies it payed homage to, and also to know the history of that time really well.
The best gags reminded me of the best of Chaplin and Keaton. Bruce On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Doug Taylor <[email protected]>wrote: > The Artist did seem heavily influence by Cinema Paradiso.**** > > ** ** > > Regards**** > > ** ** > > DBT**** > > Profile <http://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasbtaylor>**** > > ** ** > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *David > Kusumoto > *Sent:* Sunday, February 26, 2012 8:29 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MOPO] the artist**** > > ** ** > > The predictable storyline and the pulling from other sources is a function > of, 1) this is a mostly silent film constrained by its format, and, 2) it's > a homage and not a "message" picture. It is filled with hokey clichés ON > PURPOSE! My goodness, this is not supposed to be Eugene O'Neill - and it's > not plagiarism when sources are properly credited. > > With minutes to go before Billy Crystal, here's what I see: > > WILL WIN ------------ COULD WIN ------- ROOTING FOR > Best Picture The Artist The Help The Artist & > The Tree of Life > Director The Artist Hugo The Artist & > The Tree of Life > Actor Jean Dujardin George Clooney George Clooney > Actress Viola Davis Meryl Streep Meryl Streep > Supporting Actor Christopher Plummer Max Von Sydow Both > Supporting Actress Octavia Spencer Octavia Spencer Octavia > Spencer > Original Screenplay Midnight in Paris A Separation The Artist & > Margin Call > Adapted Screenplay The Descendants Tinker Tailor The > Descendants > > -----Original Message----- > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:33:32 +0000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: the artist > To: [email protected] > > I loved the film. If for no other reason than it reminded me that drama > and emotion are not limited to dialogue. > Regards > > DBT > > Sent via mobile device > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Phillip W. Ayling" <[email protected]> > Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:20:40 > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] the artist > > As long as the score for Vertigo is mentioned again, I'm finally going to > jump in and comment. It distracted me in a way too, though maybe for > different reasons than most of the rest of you. The music used in the film > is not from the original film itself as conducted by Bernard Hermann, but > rather is a later suite recording made by the Royal Philharmonic conducted > by Elmer Bernstein. The orchestra sounds fantastic and Elmer's conducting > approach as contrasted with Bernard's is different, by really rather > elegant. By comparison the Brussels Philharmonic, which plays the rest of > the score for The Artist just sounds dreadful to me; out of tune, poor solo > playing and lame mix. I'm not making a comment on the compositions > themselves. I have opinions, but that isn't what I'm talking about here. > Nonetheless the score itself has been nominated for an Academy Award. > > There is a Red Nichols recording used in the film that is right from the > time of The Artist, as well as Duke Ellington and Rose Murphy recordings > from about a decade after the time period in which The Artist is set. If > the intent of the score was to mimic the sound quality of a late 1920's > orchestra they didn't come close to getting it right, if not...then it > sounds lame without any pretense driving it, in my opinion. > > Anyway, I found that far more distracting than noticing Vertigo. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alan Heimann <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]>> > > Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 3:34 PM > Subject: [MOPO] the artist > > ran out to see this before the awards..just home..storyline > predictable..acting excellent..nice odes to this and that...some things i > liked besides the dog..actually the william powell\ astor relationship was > nice.. I also liked the fred astaire dance moves at the end..Only > distraction for me (besides the idiot w the popcorn bag sitting behind me) > was it seemed like the last 1/3 of the movie sported the score for > vertigo..probably intentional..once u recognize that music its a > distraction...Have not seen many of the nominated films..so no predictions > here..happy oscar night..Alan > **** > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com**** > > ___________________________________________________________________**** > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List**** > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected]**** > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L**** > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.**** > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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