Wednesday, September 27

(M) Marie Antoinette (Sofia Coppola, 2006) Grade: C
Listening to Sofia explain it, I can understand how difficult it would be to compress the life of this French queen into two hours. Instead of a biopic, the director chose to focus on the youth of Marie, her excesses and her partying ways. Hey, listen to the Strokes as Marie thinks about her lover. Or how about some of New Order’s “Ceremony” during a party sequence? Oh how the indie kids can relate. I suppose Sofia tries to humanizes Marie in an attempt to make the queen’s struggles and emotions universal, but my lastng impression was that I was watching a two-hour music video. Mind you, the music was good, but I like a little bit of substance as well.
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3 comments:

  1. Curelover9:56 AM PDT

    So I was curious to see what was on the 2 disc soundtrack to MA:

    Disc: 1
    1. "Hong Kong Garden" - Siouxsie & The Banshees
    2. "Aphrodisiac" - Bow Wow Wow
    3. "What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
    4. "Pulling Our Weight" - The Radio Dept.
    5. "Ceremony" - New Order
    6. "Natural's Not In It" - Gang Of Four
    7. "I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix)" - Bow Wow Wow
    8. "Kings Of The Wild Frontier" - Adam & The Ants
    9. "Concerto in G" * - Antonio Vivaldi / Reitzell
    10. "The Melody Of A Fallen Tree" - Windsor For The Derby
    11. "I Don't Like It Like This" - The Radio Dept.
    12. "Plainsong" - The Cure

    Disc: 2
    1. "Intro Versailles"* - Reitzell / Beggs
    2. "Jynweythek Ylow" - Aphex Twin
    3. "Opus 17" - Dustin O'Halloran
    4. "Il Secondo Giorno (Instrumental)" - Air
    5. "Keen On Boys" - The Radio Dept.
    6. "Opus 23" *- Dustin O'Halloran
    7. "Les Baricades Misterieuses"* - Francois Couperin / Reitzell
    8. "Fools Rush In (Kevin Shields Remix) - Bow Wow Wow
    9. "Avril 14th" - Aphex Twin
    10. "K. 213" * - Domenico Scarlatti / Reitzell
    11. "Tommib Help Buss" - Squarepusher
    12. "Tristes Apprets.." - Jean Philippe Rameau /W. Christie
    13. "Opus 36" *- Dustin O'Halloran
    14. "All Cat's Are Grey" - The Cure

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  2. pigern3:31 PM PDT

    This is a great review.

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  3. pigern10:20 PM PDT

    Haha. I just realized that if you don't click on the link in my above comment, it sounds like I'm complimenting myself.

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