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Rob Marshall, the director of “Chicago”, back working models of the genre: “Paths of the Forest” can trivialize the richness and complexity the original work, signed by the master Stephen Sondheim.
Remembering Red Riding Hood – where is a genuine work with the forms of the genre
Cyclically, we are faced with that methodical doubt: does the genre may return to regular production of Hollywood? Probably, the question does not make sense, since, regardless of talent involved, the fact that the specific conditions of production in which the musical was consolidated (over the decades 30/40) in fact disappeared.
In any case, the fact remains that we are led to contemplate, with a mixture of cinephilia and expectation, the appearance of each new musical experience. Sometimes, understanding that the approach of the classic musical codes is done through the deepest misunderstandings. Rob Marshall, enshrined in the 2003 Oscars by banalíssimo “Chicago,” continues to be an enlightening example of such mistakes.
The result is a paste designed as ordinary numbers music videos for weakening the most vital assumption “Into the Woods”. Namely: the transfiguration of some classic tales (Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, etc.) in a new morality tale about the goodness and human solidarity.
All this, in short, with actors like Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp or Emily Blunt to function as instrumental figurations whose spectacular visual effects design no one thought … Decidedly, give full powers to the technological manipulation is to forge t that the film, nevertheless remains a human task.
published 11:24 – January 2 ’15
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