Thursday, July 26, 2007
Once (85 min)
2006 Dir: John Carney
Stars: Glen Hansard (Guy), Markéta Irglová (Girl)
A love story, a musical, neither, both. The unnamed leads (guy and girl) are would be musicians, well trying to get a musical career people. The story starts when girl talks to guy while he is busking. From there it is a story of music and possible love. Filmed, at times, in a style similar to documentary, the variable quality of the image is distracting in the early part of the film. The shaky hand held shots and graininess of the image gives the film a home made feel, like a movie that had a budget for only part of the filming. Does this add to the charm of the film, yes, but with the downside of the distraction. The music is a folksy pop (like John Butler or Ben Lee). Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová both perform the music wonderfully, with some lovely songs of longing. The music and the performances of these two are truly delightful
Why See It? You enjoy folksy pop music and endearing characters.
2006 Dir: John Carney
Stars: Glen Hansard (Guy), Markéta Irglová (Girl)
A love story, a musical, neither, both. The unnamed leads (guy and girl) are would be musicians, well trying to get a musical career people. The story starts when girl talks to guy while he is busking. From there it is a story of music and possible love. Filmed, at times, in a style similar to documentary, the variable quality of the image is distracting in the early part of the film. The shaky hand held shots and graininess of the image gives the film a home made feel, like a movie that had a budget for only part of the filming. Does this add to the charm of the film, yes, but with the downside of the distraction. The music is a folksy pop (like John Butler or Ben Lee). Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová both perform the music wonderfully, with some lovely songs of longing. The music and the performances of these two are truly delightful
Why See It? You enjoy folksy pop music and endearing characters.
# posted by Dave @ 22:50 
