File puptcrit/puptcrit.0604, message 299


From: =?Windows-1252?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <PaperMacheArt-AT-yahoogroups.com>, <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 11:56:46 -0400
Subject: [Puptcrit] STRINGS  --  Movie


I just saw the movie Strings.
I am touched forever.

I can't talk about anything specific in it, I wouldn't want to spoil anything.
See it!

It has done what I was beggining to think impossible for any new production: it joined the ranks of my favorite movies. The kind of movies I can watch hundreds of times without getting tired of it. So far, only three movies had made the cut. The STRINGS movie makes it 4.


It is a masterpiece in the true sense of the word. Everything in it is perfect. As perfect as something sould be without being total hallucination from a godly-spun dream!

ALL the puppets are marvelous undescribable works of art.
The variety of them is staggering.

The visuals are like the best atmospheric paintings ever imagined, and they are alive!
The story is remarkable!
 
The English soundtrack is top quality. I can't judge from the original, as I have not heard it, but it truly is marvelous!.

Looking at the puppets can teach you much about what shapes can work on a marionnette. 

There is only one weak spot in the whole thing.
The quality of the DVD transfer itself. The picture quality is "good", but not excellent. 
I would have thought such a recently made movie would have better crispness. This great work certainly deserves the best possible quality! Maybe the fault lies within the distribution process. I certainly hope so.  Perhaps one day they will release a high-definition version. You can see some noise, probably from compression of video. (on a TV, you probably might not be able to see it, but on a computer screen, it is obvious).
   
 
Don't rent this movie. BUY IT!
I am ordering a copy today, even though my finances wouldn't allow it. Thankfully, my finances are not making the decisions, my passion and my puppets are!



Mathieu René Créaturiste
Marionnettes, Masques, Etcetera...
Puppets, Masks, Etcetera...
www.creaturiste.com
creaturiste-AT-magma.ca
(514) 274-8027
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