File puptcrit/puptcrit.0604, message 314


From: mjm <mmoynihan-AT-wi.rr.com>
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Re:_[Puptcrit]_STRINGS=A0_--=A0_Movie?=
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:51:20 -0500
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org


Funny Review:

"Peter Bradshaw   Friday May 27, 2005
The Guardian

An oddity from Denmark claiming to be the "world's first fully 
integrated puppet feature film", an honour I thought belonged to Team 
America: World Police.

It is a po-faced swords'n'sorcery fantasy about a young prince setting 
out to avenge the death of his emperor father. The wooden puppet 
characters have visible and acknowledged strings leading up to the 
heavens. Which presumably means that all the interior locations have no 
roofs, including tents, dungeons and caves. It's also an open question 
as to how they go through doorways."

In the world of cliched filmmaking "rain" is the indicator that 
something of great emotional importance is taking place. Of course when 
you move beyond that you get films like David Fincher's Se7en, shot to 
make it look like it is in a city where it is ALWAYS raining.

The "we are all puppets" metaphor seems sort of tired, but making it 
obvious is a new take I guess. The strings ascending into the clouds 
seem like another obvious metaphor to a spiritual connection and the 
bird flying free of strings seem like a transcendence reference. 
Personally didn't have nearly as much emotional impact on me as when 
the dove flies heavenward (in the rain, yet!) just as Rutger Hauer dies 
(or shuts down, since he is an android) in BLADE RUNNER.

As a little kid my sister & got our first record player one Christmas. 
The 1st little golden record I got was the "there are no strings on me" 
from Disney's Pinocchio.

I've got no strings
To hold me down
To make me fret, or make me frown
I had strings
But now I'm free
There are no strings on me
Hi-ho the me-ri-o
That's the only way to go
I want the world to know
Nothing ever worries me
Hi-ho the me-ri-o
I'm as happy as can be
I want the world to know
Nothing ever worries me
I've got no strings
So I have fun
I'm not tied up to anyone
They've got strings
But you can see
There are no strings on me
Dutch puppet
You have no strings
Your arms is free
To love me by the Zuider Zee
Ya, ya, ya
If you would woo
I'd bust my strings for you
French puppet
You've got no strings
Comme ci comme ca
Your savoire-faire is ooh la la!
I've got strings
But entre nous
I'd cut my strings for you
Russian puppet
Down where the Volga flows
There's a Russian rendezvous
Where me and Ivan go
But I'd rather go with you, hey!
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