tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post3677242036715749277..comments2024-03-22T14:34:39.101-04:00Comments on MONDO 70: A Wild World of Cinema: In Brief: BRIGHT STAR (2009)Samuel Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-12929603630596202792010-05-19T22:26:10.490-04:002010-05-19T22:26:10.490-04:00Sam: I could tell as I was reading that review tha...Sam: I could tell as I was reading that review that Ricks was aiming at the wrong target and that no film about literature could have the malign effect he ascribed to Bright Star. The best evidence that Campion had no such intention in mind is the credit roll; no brainwashing illustration there.<br /><br />John: Visually it's a nearly perfect period piece and anyone with a romantic or Romantic temperament would enjoy it.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-88675666955410066132010-05-14T21:49:14.583-04:002010-05-14T21:49:14.583-04:00I recently saw this myself and i am in agreement w...I recently saw this myself and i am in agreement with you and Sam, Bright Star is an excellent, beautiful work of art in its own right. Superb performances and visually stunning.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9149411832127844385.post-51170000938645875112010-05-14T14:23:03.616-04:002010-05-14T14:23:03.616-04:00"Ricks feels that Bright Star compounds the b..."Ricks feels that Bright Star compounds the biographic fallacy by illustrating Keats' inspirations in so literal-minded a fashion that the movie might undermine the poetry's potential to evoke sympathetic imagery in another reader's mind."<br /><br />I am thrilled that you have rightly dismissed this argument Samuel, in an enthralling appreciation of a film that trascends such an irresponsible evaluation, by recognizing that film is its own art form. Your defense of the film broaches all the components that make this an intoxicating and beautiful period piece that uses texture to superlative effect. While Abbie Cornish and Paul Schneider (I'll admit I liked him more than you did) deliver extraordinary turns, I can't say enough for Greg Fraser's ravishing cinematography, nor for that sublime Mark Bradshaw score. In her own utilization of cinematic license, Ms. Campion has crafted one of her best films, doing full justice to a short interlude of romance near the end of the incomparable English poet's life (I actually did my graduate thesis on Keats! Ha!) with a film that builds to a piercingly profound emotional climax.<br /><br />BRIGHT STAR was my #1 film of 2009.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com