And I give it a "FOUR" ONLY for the music.
Yes, the music's great and the costumes are beautiful, and Muni is Muni and Oberon is Oberon... please.
The script appears to have been written by a Junior High School class of drama students who have just read a pamphlet about the life of Chopin. Why, oh, why, can't producers understand that the real story of most composers and artists are far more compelling than the dreck (like this) that they normally produce?
The meeting of Chopin and Liszt is so bad it is embarrassing. The dynamics of the relationship between Sand and Chopin is superficial, not fleshed out at all, and without the least element of romance. How is this possible? They've taken a fascinating life and turned it into the truly banal.
Were it not for the music, and that's a lot, this would be one of the all-time bombs of Hollywood and I'm not sure that it isn't anyway.
Do yourself a favor and buy a good CD of Chopin's music and listen and enjoy the magic and genius of the greatest composer of piano music.
You don't need this film for that.
Yes, the music's great and the costumes are beautiful, and Muni is Muni and Oberon is Oberon... please.
The script appears to have been written by a Junior High School class of drama students who have just read a pamphlet about the life of Chopin. Why, oh, why, can't producers understand that the real story of most composers and artists are far more compelling than the dreck (like this) that they normally produce?
The meeting of Chopin and Liszt is so bad it is embarrassing. The dynamics of the relationship between Sand and Chopin is superficial, not fleshed out at all, and without the least element of romance. How is this possible? They've taken a fascinating life and turned it into the truly banal.
Were it not for the music, and that's a lot, this would be one of the all-time bombs of Hollywood and I'm not sure that it isn't anyway.
Do yourself a favor and buy a good CD of Chopin's music and listen and enjoy the magic and genius of the greatest composer of piano music.
You don't need this film for that.