Never before has a movie made me care about an inanimate object as much as this one. The film begins in the present at an auction of antique instruments taking place in Montreal. Language The parties have expressly requested and required that this Privacy Policy and all other related documents be drawn up in the English language. Three and a half stars!!! On its own merits, the image of The Red Violin would get four stars; the three and a half stars I've given it here takes into consideration the subtitle problem. The creation of the violin in Renaissance Italy mirrors the rise of Classical music and, with it, of modern Western culture.
I couldn't wait to get hold of both, the video and the sound track, and I never seem to get tired watching or hearing that beauty all over again. But the fortune teller doesn't say that doom is facing the pregnant wife. They dote on a young prodigy named Kasper Christoph Koncz , who plays with purity of an angel. Unwilling to let her fervent Maoist contemporaries burn the 'bourgeois' instrument, she leaves the Red Violin in the hands of her music teacher Liu Zi Feng where it remains hidden until his death. The costuming, set design and cinematography were absolutely stunning Oscar nominations soon to follow I'm sure without taking center stage from the story. Beautifully shot, sensitively scripted and acted, and cleverly executed, this deserves more awards and greater coverage than it's going to get.
It's supposed to come from the same era as the Strad and other timeless fiddles. Jackson as a learned expert in ancient instruments was not convincing for me personally. If you do not wish to receive this information, please notify us at showtimes. If any provision the Terms of Use shall be unlawful, void or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from the Terms of Use and shall not effect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions. The earlier release had burned-in English subtitles for all the non-English dialogue; the new release has removed these and substituted player-generated, optional subtitles. I am left wondering where my beloved piano is now. This movie was captivating from start to finish and is truly a work of cinematic art.
And though the film is superbly crafted in visuals and accompaniments, the missed opportunities in the film's narrative were numerous and glaring, and I left the theater wanting more. Once completely dry, the violin would be coated in a mineral-rich varnish that helps to harden the wood and to bring out the natural color of it and to stain it slightly. I don't think a great cast necessarily means famous names, lengthy reputations, or even a lot of acting experience - but one that simply works well. Is the movie based on fact? This film is one that I will watch again and again and one that should be highly recommended. Pulp Fiction and Ronin are the only movies in recent memory that I can think of that even gave me the slightest glimmer of interest in an object.
Though the individual stories proceed chronologically, two separate framing devices, the Tarot readings and the ever-unfolding auction, connect them. It does ever seem to be owned. Recommended by a good friend I went to see this piece and frankly, I came out of the theater speechless! An original, imaginative and thought provoking story that engaged one's mind as American films almost never do. In such event, the restrictions which these Terms of Use impose on you with respect to this Web Site shall still apply. It was bought by one of the descendants of Felix Mendelssohn before being sold again in 1956 to an American industrialist.
I don't give five stars lightly, but this is one film that amply deserves them. The fact that the movie is based on the violin rather than the people which isn't a new idea is what makes this film great because it shows that objects in our lives have stories all their own. Access You may request access to your personal information and information about our collection, use and disclosure of that information by contacting. So, as far as sorting fact from fiction, who knows, perhaps the writers were inspired by the spirit of Stradivari himself. Not only did I care for the violin, but I began to understand how Samuel L. Setting a precedent that will become commonplace during the travel of the instrument, tragedy strikes the Bussotti household, and Nicolo loses both his wife and his unborn son during childbirth. Maybe showing the many owners made the movie too choppy and didn't allow for a more in depth look at each.
The music is excellent although you better love violin music, because that's all you'll here , the acting is very nice and the story really is very beautiful. But then the movie I thought this was a novel approach to a movie, to see the lives of the owners of a musical instrument over the centuries. I think this is a true masterpiece, and should be seen by everyone at least once. Finally it winds its way not so improbably, because life is weird to China, which of course echoes the modern rise of the Asian virtuosi coming from that part of the world. I watched it for the third time for this review, and I was every bit as entranced by the story as on the first viewing, while also appreciating more deeply the sheer artistry of the film. It uses the same idea of an object passing from person to person but in a span of a couple of days not centuries.
Who could think that a movie about a simple violin could turn into such magnificent beauty? The relatively then disappeared for two hundred years. I was captivated from the moment the film started. Details of shading and bright highlights are captured perfectly as well. Such third parties may use cookies to identify some of your preferences or to recognize you if you have previously visited their website. . The Red Violin shows what the film medium can do at its very best. What Personal Information About You Does Tribute Collect? You and Tribute Publishing Inc.
Shot on location in at least 4 different countries, this is storytelling at it's best. But we do know that it was created by Antonio Stradivari in 1720 in Italy. Advertisement The film is heedlessly ambitious. One child, Kaspar Weiss Christoph Koncz, a real-life violin virtuoso , displays exceptional abilities with the instrument, and is whisked away by a French music teacher Jean-Luc Bideau to receive formal training. No endorsement by Tribute Publishing Inc.