Saturday, September 26, 2009

"One Night the Moon" (Malthouse)

I thought that this was good, but flawed. It's an evocative, atmospheric staging (the first ten minutes or so, in particular, are stunning) which benefits a great deal from the simplicity of the film which it interprets and the strength of that underlying material, including its songs, but which is held back by some relatively minor but intrusive issues in terms of overall pacing and a couple of the performances (including the singing). Overall, worthwhile though.

(w/ Kevin)