The Legend of 1900 (1998)
(La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
Country: IT
Technical: col 125m
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Clarence Williams III
Synopsis:
A baby born on a transatlantic liner at the turn of the century develops a phenomenal gift for the piano and never leaves his adopted home.
Review:
Rather long and directionless attempt to do for music what this director (qv.) had already done for the moving picture. It's a neat idea and is handsomely mounted but owes too many debts to other movies (Shine, And the Ship Sails On, even Titanic and The Glenn Miller Story) to work on its own terms, though a duelling pianists scene stands out as worthy of note.
(La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
Country: IT
Technical: col 125m
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Clarence Williams III
Synopsis:
A baby born on a transatlantic liner at the turn of the century develops a phenomenal gift for the piano and never leaves his adopted home.
Review:
Rather long and directionless attempt to do for music what this director (qv.) had already done for the moving picture. It's a neat idea and is handsomely mounted but owes too many debts to other movies (Shine, And the Ship Sails On, even Titanic and The Glenn Miller Story) to work on its own terms, though a duelling pianists scene stands out as worthy of note.
(La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano)
Country: IT
Technical: col 125m
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Clarence Williams III
Synopsis:
A baby born on a transatlantic liner at the turn of the century develops a phenomenal gift for the piano and never leaves his adopted home.
Review:
Rather long and directionless attempt to do for music what this director (qv.) had already done for the moving picture. It's a neat idea and is handsomely mounted but owes too many debts to other movies (Shine, And the Ship Sails On, even Titanic and The Glenn Miller Story) to work on its own terms, though a duelling pianists scene stands out as worthy of note.