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« Office 2008: The 10-Minute Walkthrough | Main | WNBA Players & League Have A New Agreement » January 27, 2008"Once"I wanted to take a moment to give a big, big thumbs-up for a movie called "Once." It's a poignant, touching, and moving low-budget indie film about music, creativity, and emotional healing. (That may sound like an After-school Special kind of thing, but it's not.) The actors are novices, doing fantastic, authentic work; the music is amazing (and original to the film); the characters make sense, in a real-world way. Movies about music, and the making of music, are notoriously hard to get right. The best I've seen so far is "Hustle & Flow", which really captured the light and heat of creating something new. "Once" does much the same thing, but in a totally different vein, with the music moving the movie forward, and driving the characters where they need to go. I can't recommend it more highly. It's short - just 86 minutes - and it's available as a rental in iTunes (which, incidentally, is how we discovered it). Give it a look. Posted by Gavin Shearer at January 27, 2008 11:57 AM. Posted to Entertainment. Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsIf you like the music, I highly recommend an album by the Frames called "For the Birds." It's Glen Hansard's (star of Once) band and an amazing album. Actually, the story of that album was likely inspiration for the movie: whole album made in a marathon weekend out in a remote house in Ireland. Uh, and yeah, I wrote the review for it on AMZN a few years ago. The music from Once, called the Swell Season, is a good album, too. Posted by: Cintra Pollack Caught this movie by chance a few weeks ago, and I have to concur. I don't know that it's a great movie, but I think it's great for what it tries to be. The director originally wanted Cillian Murphy for the lead role and was asking Glen Hansard to consult and help write songs; Murphy backed out because didn't think the female lead was up to the task. I think it turned out much better the way it is. And yeah, The Swell Season and the Once soundtrack are both well worth having. There's a decent amount of overlap, but also a decent amount that's unique to each album, too. Posted by: Richard Barrett Post a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)« Office 2008: The 10-Minute Walkthrough | Main | WNBA Players & League Have A New Agreement » |
