I'm especially looking forward to that interview with Fred Astaire's hat...
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I'm especially looking forward to that interview with Fred Astaire's hat...
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I agree, it's an exemplary commentary (quite remarkable given how early it was): informative, well-paced, and it doesn't hurt that John Mueller has similar cadences to Glenn Gould. A pleasure to listen to.Matt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:51 pmI really enjoyed the commentary on this. It is perhaps a little dry in parts, but is really worth paying attention to during the musical sequences. I've never heard a commentary explain a film's choreography and how it relates to the narrative quite like this one does. As many time as I've seen this film, I never noticed the repeated callbacks to the little hop steps from the first "dancing school" scene with Astaire and Rogers or how Astaire makes even throwing dice into a dance move until Mueller pointed them out.
I know some here were disappointed that the supplements seemed a little sparse, but I think there's just enough here to contextualize the film without becoming repetitive. I'm probably in the minority, but I've come to prefer these packages that you can get through in one afternoon or evening.
I happened across a copy of Mueller’s book (Astaire Dancing) and it contains equally detailed analyses of all of his numbers in each of the films he made. It’s a huge, unwieldy volume but extremely interesting and informative, even as someone who is a total novice on dance and the analysis thereof. I have only seen a handful of Astaire’s musicals but I plan to keep the book around to pore through as I knock others off the list.Matt wrote: ↑Fri Jul 05, 2019 3:51 pmI really enjoyed the commentary on this. It is perhaps a little dry in parts, but is really worth paying attention to during the musical sequences. I've never heard a commentary explain a film's choreography and how it relates to the narrative quite like this one does. As many time as I've seen this film, I never noticed the repeated callbacks to the little hop steps from the first "dancing school" scene with Astaire and Rogers or how Astaire makes even throwing dice into a dance move until Mueller pointed them out.