The Red Violin
starring: Carlo Cecchi, Jean-Luc Bideau, Christoph Koncz, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi
directed by: François Girard
directed by: François Girard
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Lions Gate
EAN: 9781588177650
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1588177653
Label: Lions Gate
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 20, 2003
Running Time: 131 minutes
Sales Rank: 1819
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: June 11, 1999
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Product Description:
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 05/20/2003 Run time: 132 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
Mounted in high lavish style, from the opening strains to coda, The Red Violin pays homage to the careful uses of color and composition without bothering to support these qualities with any real substance. Oh, it's a class act on the surface all the way, while failing on nearly every other level to convince. The story tells the story, revealing precious little else. The 17th-century Cremonese instrument-maker Niccolo Bussotti finishes his final violin with a curious red varnish, the secret of which spans the film, yet will come as a surprise only to the very sleepy. The odd voyage of this unique violin through history is then explored from one episode to the next, from child prodigy to gypsies to Victorian virtuoso to a clandestine enclave of art lovers in Shanghai during the Cultural Revolution. This is all framed by the violin's rediscovery in present day by instrument appraiser Charles Morritz (Samuel L. Jackson), for whom the perfect instrument strikes a resonant chord. The main scheme of the film, an object connecting a number of seemingly disparate stories, has been used many times, most notably in Max Ophuls's La Ronde. But while this approach is employed elsewhere to cause one scene to reverberate against another, The Red Violin is content to leave each episode thematically unconnected with any of the others. On the decorative level, the film may satisfy many viewers with its sensuous attention to tone and detail, as well as its eclectic and expertly performed score. But as narrative it is very slight. Just pierce the pretty crust of this puff pastry and gaze in wonder at the pocket of air within. --Jim Gay
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- One of the finest film scores out there.With this outstanding score, John Corigliano emerges as one of the finest film composers to be found.
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- A MUST SEEI believe this movie was a sleeper - a real blockbuster that no one heard about. I think this is another ... Read More
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- The Red Violin DVDI received a new copy of The Red Violin. It arrived in a timely manner and was in, the as discribed condition.
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- MY REVIEW OF THE RED VIOLINI thought the film was great. I play the violin myself, & have come across some Stradavarii, & Guanarius ... Read More
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