Saturday, June 09, 2007

ONCE... the best film of the year!


I recently saw Once. It's a Dublin made musical / romance and perhaps the most moving film in recent memory.

Cinematically it's quite simple. Almost handmade in the rough videography. The performances and music, however, are impossible to shake. In fact, Once has only grown deeper into my mind.

It's about a Dublin street musician who meets a Czechoslovakian woman while he's singing on the street. It is the music that attracts them and, through their songs together, we learn all about their inner emotions and history.

The two unknown leads Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová possess wells of natural talent. Hansard is already established as a musician in Ireland with his band The Frames.

The director of Once is John Carney. His film won Sundance. Now it seems to be winning audiences in search of alternatives to bloated blockbusters. Once is more than that. It's proof that magnificence is still possible in movies... mainly by being simple and true.

SEE THIS MOVIE!!!

2 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I have another movie to suggest you: http://www.vierminuten.de/start/
Francesca

7:46 AM  
Blogger FHW said...

Looks quite interesting. I'll check it out when it comes Stateside. - FHW

10:11 AM  

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