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Let's Dream (2021)
Engaging - Astounding camera work
The movie is not a genre a tad outside my usual ... AND ... I was engaged by it throughout. It was a slow moving, sometimes ponderous storyline, but as the plot 'thickened' (:-)) it engaged my thoughts and my feelings in positive ways. The cinematography was astounding. Excellence in lighting was essential and they succeeded admirably. Close-ups of faces were superb. The acting was good. The one character that I really loved was Markus -- ever the optimist, credulous, slap-you-on-the-back fellow, who you know is going to come crashing down at some point.. The actor playing the part of the fellow, Doug Eames, captured the vulnerability and big-heartedness of the guy, even as the character appeared to be suffering from burnout and chronic fatigue syndrome. He was really well cast.
One thought, I wonder how it would look in B&W. It had a feel of '50s fillm-noir. Barbara Stanwyck would play the female lead perfectly :-)
Darkest Hour (2017)
Much needed perspective on Churchill
Churchill suffered from long bouts of depression. He mentioned this more than once in letter to his wife Clementine. Here's one from 1911 in which he makes reference to a "German Doctor"
"I think this man might be useful to me - if my black dog returns. He seems quite away from me now - it is such a relief. All the colours come back into the picture."
Churchill was a troubled man and flawed in many aspects, but his power with words helped "save the day". But those words did not ... ever ... come easily.
The Young Romantic (2008)
Exquisite, poignant love story of an artist, his art, his family, his fans and his integrity
It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me feel religious! Such a gift Li possesses, and from what a family, complete with devoted grandparents, and with such an array of instructors from when he first began keyboard playing the accordion because a piano was too expensive. Then there was the well-meaning piano teacher who hit Li' young knuckles with a ruler to get him to improve the curve of his fingers and wrist -- only to learn that his mother used the same technique with the somewhat less traumatizing tool of chopsticks. And how Mr. Li interacts with Mr Ozawa and other musicians ... well, I'll leave it for you to discover. It's sheer joy -- with vitamins included!