Posted on 12/03/2018 8:07:22 AM PST by Rummyfan
The Wizard of Oz is such a classic film that I dont remember the first time I saw it. It seemed to be on TV every Christmas during my childhood and became a part of my cultural education, a formative film language. A new study claims the film, which went through a staggering run of directors, writers, songwriters and script edits during its production, is the most influential film ever. I dont know about that, but I frequently rewatch it to study how great film-making can make any story fly like a wicked witchs monkey.
Judy Garlands performance as Dorothy is a wonder of innocence, sensitivity and determination. At the start of the film, she wonders what lies over the rainbow and then, in a concussed dream, enters the rainbow. The combination of imaginative anything-is-possible scale and picaresque narrative style is totally cohesive, so that what could have been a discordant riot of songs, set pieces, production design, acting styles and plot somehow barrel along together, from the special effects of the tornado scenes to the twinkling transformation into Technicolor, to the sinister and deliberately fake-looking malachite-green art-deco sets of Emerald City. Then theres the surging music, in which every group song increases in volume and hysteria until theres a kind of bullying mania to it.
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No, it was on during Halloween. Sad people don’t know the difference between the two.
You want to see the “Progressive” USA? Check out The Hunger Games. The elite would enjoy their bread and circuses with us Deplorables as gladiators. This is why we can never allow the government to disarm us.
Is it like a bidet?
Does this make Pink Floyd a conspirator?
This is as dumb as the FR blogger claiming that Caddyshack is really about Trump
ummm, maybe because you're a blithering ranting Leftard idiot?????
"Angelina Jolie has found a powerful voice as a director. Its time we listened"
Kali Mar! Kali Mar!!!
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