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ruthann
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(8/28/01 1:56:33
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The Red
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I caught this movie on satellite last night. How odd to See Samuel
L. Jackson in a movie without guns and car chases! I very much
enjoyed the violin playing and was not suprised to see Joshua Bell
in the credits. I did miss who all the music was composed by (felt a
tickle on my knee, looked down to see a vinegaroon the size of a
quarter. Yikes!).
So who was the composer and is the sound
track CD any good?
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(8/28/01 2:27:38
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I think it was Corigliano (probably wrong spelling, and I can't
remember his first name). He's quite adept at melding modern
composition with more period styles.
What's a
vinegaroon?
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(8/28/01 3:09:07 pm)
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Re: The Red
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John Corigliano
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jengal
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(8/28/01 3:21:55 pm)
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The soundtrack CD, like most movie soundtrack CDs, suffers a bit
without the movie context on the pieces, but less so than some
others because of course the whole idea was that this one violin's
personality carried through the ages w/ all its owners. The CD
includes a concert piece based on themes from the movie (I think
it's called the Red Violin Chaconne?) that is fairly successful as
an independent piece. But I still found that I didn't enjoy the
soundtrack nearly as much as I enjoyed the music when it was played
during the movie.
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ruthann
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Ah, yes, for you not desert dwellers, a vinegaroon is an arachnid
that looks like a scorpion without a tail. Ugly. Sometimes they are
called sun spiders. The vinegar in vinegaroon supposedly comes from
the taste you get in your mouth after one bites you. Not poisonous.
They are supposed to eat other yucky things like black widow
spiders. They freak me out!
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zambocello
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(8/28/01 11:11:35 pm)
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I just saw this for the first time on video and enjoyed it very
much.
On the video they have pictures of Joshua Bell (who
does the violin playing) and Esa-Pekka Salonen (who does the
conducting.) The orchestra for the sound track is the London
Philharmonia, but Salonen's picture is with the LA Phil. Hrmph!
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(8/29/01 11:00:22
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joshua
bell
also he is in the movie in another spot (well his left hand
anyways) the part when that pope guy is playing his peice for the
audience it is just a shot of the actor who plays pope holding the
violin under his chin and Joshua Bell is crouching beneath him doing
all the finger work and another guy is doing crazy bow action on the
other side. 
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Am I the only
one who found the movie disgusting?
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Re: Am I the
only one who found the movie disgusting?
If you refer to the film's portrayal about the lack of integrity in
the instrument appraising/selling business, I agree with you.
Regarding the rest of the film, I enjoyed it (I was more than a bit
amused at the Paganini-like character and his ability to practice
passages on his violin while exploring the passages
of...........oops, I'd better not go there.) I'm also told by
Chinese colleagues that the depiction of China's cultural revolution
was handled quite accurately.
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Well--! It
depends on what disgusted you!
I was amazed by a man who could satisfy his music and his women
simultaneously. Sex and music may mix, but rarely that way. I would
rather have seen a movie about the TRUE story of one of the many
other real violins contemporary with the "RED VIOLIN.
I
enjoyed aspects of the movie, although I confess I probably would
have enjoyed the two hours more if they had been spent showing the
spectal analysis of the instrument that was only implied by all the
electronic equipment surrounding it toward the end of the flick. As
a violin movie it was technically pretty good. As a movie it was
very well done considering the low Canadian budget it had.
It was interesting to watch the evolution of bows and
chinrests as time passed. And the changes from all gut to modern
strings (this was not clear on the video but was very clear on the
big screen). I was especially taken by the appearance of what seemed
to be a Pirastro Olive G on the instrument c.a. 1800, long before I
thought they existed (I rented the video to see it again - but could
not see it with that poor resolution).
Andy
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only one who found the movie disgusting?
I liked the movie, found it confusing with all the flashbacks and
had to watch it again -- which was not unenjoyable. Indeed, the
"passage" does seem to support the old adage that size DOES count.
You simply cannot do some things with a large instrument. The ending
drove me crazy. I, too, was told that the depiction of China was
accurate.
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Ha Ha - Leave it
to Andy to notice that!
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ruthann
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only one who found the movie disgusting?
Yeah, the ending was pretty lame. Would no one ever discover the
switch? What about the other guy who "helped" with the theft. Would
he be content to let the violin go to the daughter of his partner in
crime?
I did enjoy the portrayal of the "world famous
violinist" who didn't think much of the instrument until he found
out what it was.
It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen but
it was a long way from the worst. I'd watch it again.
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I don't think it was clear from the end which was the "real" violin
and where it ended up. Was the violin returned or
stolen?
Terry
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JanJan2
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It drove off with Samuel Jackson. The fake was auctioned.
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zambocello
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(8/30/01 3:18:41 pm)
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Are you sure?
My imagination left open the possibility that he was returning the
stolen fiddle, taking his copy with him.
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JanJan2
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Hmmm, I'll have to watch it again. I never thought of it that way.
Now I know what I'll be doing tonight . . .
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Bobbie
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I thought it was meant to be unclear at the end, leaving you to
wonder what had been auctioned.
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Laura
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Re: Am I the
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I took the ending to be indicative of coming disaster. Everyone who
had owned and played the violin died prematurely, and Jackson's
character intended to give the violin to his
daughter.
Laura
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