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Bummer?

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Posted by Bambi B on February 9, 2005 at 11:18:45

In Reply to: Re: Bummer... posted by jamesgarvin on February 9, 2005 at 10:03:54:

jamesarvin,

I agree with all your points regarding the history of an old fiddle- it si indeed fascinating to know provenence and stories of it's asociation. And you right that most collectors muse on that topic- I've heard Samurai sowrds are worth several times more if it's known that sword killed someone.

This curiosity about a violin's history is the reason I really wanted to like "Red Violin" - and it does present that theme clearly. It's only the treatment, writing, acting, and directing are such mediocre movie-making. It's not terrible in any one way, it's the false passion and contrived events - like the child prodigy dropping dead at his audition, the Byron/Paganini character having audible sex within earshot of a waiting audience, the Gypsies, and monks and so on. Someone must have sat down and made a list of the greatest range of events that could surround a violin and that became the script. But, even with very careful writing, it's difficult to pull all these separate stories- desinged purposely to be as varied as possible- together.

The thing is, the story of a real Strad or Guarneri would be far more interesting.

Cheers,

Bambi B

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