Harry here, to let you read about this... Samuel L Jackson's latest flick. No matter what, I'm in the theater. You can't keep me away from a Sam Jackson film. Here's Darwin...
Hi Harry, Darwin here. One of the perks of working in Lincoln Center is that I'm constantly surrounded by Cool Stuff. Last night, we got comp tickets for the NYC premiere of The Red Violin, with Carlo Cecchi, Greta Scacchi, and Samuel L. Jackson. I must confess, I didn't have high hopes for this movie. I'd seen the trailer a few weeks ago, and while my friend raved about how good it looked, I thought'd be a snoozer. Luckily, I was wrong. It turned out to be a really cool movie. I feel like a pseudointellectual weenie using words like "intriguing" and "captivating" in a movie review, but I kind of have to here - it really was fascinating. (Actually, as long as I'm being pretentious, I should really refer to it as a "film.")
This film follows the path of a violin as it passes from owner to owner over the centuries. It actually centers around a modern day auction of the instrument - because of the violin's rich history, there are many people who have a very strong interest in acquiring it. As we learn about the story of the violin, they continually flash back to the auction, which we see through the eyes of all the different people who are bidding on the instrument.
See now, I've gone and made it sound boring. It's not. It's really cool. Check it out. Oh, and if you can possibly avoid it, try not to have old fogies sitting behind you who giggle self-consciously during the naked parts.
Darwin
