Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 08:54:17 -0700
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] STRINGS  --  Movie


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Mathieu

Perhaps it was a pirated version you
saw.  Sometimes I have bought movies off of ebay
and I can see that they were bad copies, not
originals. Any studio transfer to DVD done today should be pristine.

Ax

At 08:56 AM 4/27/2006, you wrote:

>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
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