Review of The Red Violin (1998) by Nathan M — 22 Nov 2012
Girard's "Violin" is a beautifully scored tale of a single instrument, born from passion, and its journey through the generations. The grace of how the different locations and settings, spanning three continents and centuries, are integrated into one continuum through the instrument is quite delightful.
The look of each of these settings is authentic, partially because of comprehensive location shooting and partially because of good, grounded production design. All that being said, the largest chunk of praise goes to the soloist responsible for all the violin solos in the film, Joshua Bell.
As a violinist myself, I could tell at times that the hand and arm movements looked odd on the non-violinist actors, but the recorded performances by Bell were gorgeous. Some people might criticize this film as being more stylish than substantive, but I would counter that a beautiful story, presented in a beautiful and ambitious way, more than makes up for its immediacy.
(22 November 2012).
This review of The Red Violin (1998) was written by Nathan M on 22 Nov 2012.
The Red Violin has generally received very positive reviews.
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