Friday, May 6, 2011

Perhaps Love

China

This was a real treat...a lavish, high-budget, old-fashioned romance done as a musical with great music, direction, dance, non-stop brio. It was truly an astonishing display of cinematic imagination.

The story was over-egged and trite but with a film like this...so what? The only complaint I had was that the editing pulse was too fast. Most cuts were a second or so long...too short to fully enjoy the incredible set designs.

This film shames recent attempts at reviving the musical form by American studios.

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