'A Late Quartet', a fine movie about those who play Classical chamber music

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Gee whiz, a film targeted to adults, with no gunfights, explosions, or car chases, rather the opposite of, say, the current '...Die Hard'.*

Stolen from IMDB:
'After a classical string quartet's 25 years of success, Peter, the cellist and oldest member, decides that he must retire when he learns he has Parkinson's Disease. For the others, that announcement proves a catalyst for letting their hidden resentments come to the surface while the married members' daughter has disruptive desires of her own. All this threatens to tear the group apart even as they are famous for playing Beethoven's String Quartet No. 14, opus 131, a piece that is played non-stop (SIC) no matter how life interferes.' Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

This is a movie populated with people I grew quickly to care about and is about as perfect a movie as I know. I love large-scale Classical music but not so much chamber music, and I learned a bit about how 4 people have to work to create a group with a single musical purpose and spirit. All actors are really good, especially Christopher Walken. Also stars Philip Seymour Hoffman, Katherine Keener, and Mark Ivanir. I loved the music so much that I bought an SACD of the Beethoven late string quartets.

Try it; you might like it.

* I love Bruce Willis and own lots of his stuff including four 'Die Hard' movies, but I will NOT be buying 'A good Day to Die Hard'.

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Topic - 'A Late Quartet', a fine movie about those who play Classical chamber music - jeffreybehr 12:22:23 03/20/13 (8)

RE: thanks for that suggestion - user510 19:33:53 03/22/13 (0)

WAY too American - Victor Khomenko 15:48:47 03/20/13 (3)

Only Walken is of interest and I don't like him "nice." nt - tinear 07:07:06 03/21/13 (2)

There are some interesting facts about the film - Victor Khomenko 11:01:01 03/21/13 (0)

Saw him in Annie Hall the other day-Creepy and Funny!!! - oldmkvi 08:17:41 03/21/13 (0)

Another great movie along those lines is Intimate Lighting (Ivan Passer, 1971) - Poles Apart 14:15:31 03/20/13 (0)

I'm looking forward to it. Just went to a Calder Quartet performance and they did this piece. - Enophile 13:28:49 03/20/13 (1)

YW. Ebert, too, liked it. (Link.) - jeffreybehr 15:42:18 03/20/13 (0)

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