a really awesome movie
Jan. 11th, 2006 08:23 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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redjo.
It was simply an amazing movie.
I went to see it because I heard it was a thought-provoking historical piece with important implications for our time. I didn't expect it to also be cinematically terrific. The music, the use of light, the use of focus, all were just fantastic. I loved the way that the time period was captured, with the use of black and white, costuming, and lack of sanitization. (What I mean is that they didn't try to make it PC. Everyone smoked, everyone was white, all the important characters were male. Which is really true for that place and time - it's a movie about people in power, risking their power because it's the right thing to do.) At the same time, modern sensibility could be used to focus on a few details, like Liberaci not marrying, and the ACLU receiving government commendations - tips of the hat to the audience of today.
If you haven't seen it, you should. it's still playing at Kendall Cinema.
Also coming up on my movies-to-see list - TransAmerica, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The Last Holiday, and Something New.
redjo.It was simply an amazing movie.
I went to see it because I heard it was a thought-provoking historical piece with important implications for our time. I didn't expect it to also be cinematically terrific. The music, the use of light, the use of focus, all were just fantastic. I loved the way that the time period was captured, with the use of black and white, costuming, and lack of sanitization. (What I mean is that they didn't try to make it PC. Everyone smoked, everyone was white, all the important characters were male. Which is really true for that place and time - it's a movie about people in power, risking their power because it's the right thing to do.) At the same time, modern sensibility could be used to focus on a few details, like Liberaci not marrying, and the ACLU receiving government commendations - tips of the hat to the audience of today.
If you haven't seen it, you should. it's still playing at Kendall Cinema.
Also coming up on my movies-to-see list - TransAmerica, Mrs. Henderson Presents, The Last Holiday, and Something New.
