Adorable, a tiny bit sad and nicely constructed documentary short focusing on a first grader in a Japanese public school, aspiring to join their orchestra.
Set aside 25 minutes for this Oscar nominee, which you can watch on YouTube. It's more than worth it.
Some very cool stylistic choices, but the narrative got a little muddy for me. Still a good time, just didn’t fully gel.
David Jonsson was excellent, though.
I’ve been feeling pessimistic about the dumbing down of our populace with Trump’s reelection. This movie gave me hope for what humans can accomplish.
I’d heard it was somehow made for $10m and could see how thoughtfully the shots were composed and locations selected, but it never looked low budget. Epic! Very glad I saw in theatre. 70mm film was beautiful and VistaVision added to the grand scale.
Until reading more about the film I assumed that Lazlo was a…
This was really entertaining and so well done! Not an ounce of fat on this script and well worth its prestigious position in cinema history. And I have to assume this is the first comedy about a serial killer. So happy my buddy Jarrett introduced me to it.
