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" <mro...@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:20:40 To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> 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:alanheim...@gmail.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU <mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu 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: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
