I just watched the movie Across the Universe directed by Julie Taymor. Excellent. It is a love story with a serious social context drawn from the 1960s and from Beatles songs. When I started watching it there seemed to be some overwrought elements, too many visuals and tricks and so forth but as it went on the artistry of it became more evident.
I’ve always liked Julie Taymor’s work especially on Titus for which she wrote the screenplay and directed. Of course this was based on the Shakespeare play Titus Andronicus. What a vision this woman has. No wonder considering her background in theater, costuming and all other areas of drama.
I just read her bio on the Internet Movie Database and then it really struck me why her work resonates so much. Her travels to Asia, most notably India and Japan as well as her interest in puppetry from Indonesia are all things with which I am familiar.
Just wanted to make a short note here that her next production of The Tempest has gone to post-production. If it contains the high-concept artistry of her other work I can hardly wait to see it.
Check out her work some time and get a fresh view of what contemporary film can be about.
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