A review I wrote of trans:mission day 2, part of the Trans Festival in Belfast.
It was much craic and featured a bunch of local bands. Just read the thing, I'm in a hurry here people!
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
So. Apparently I'm using this again.
As with most of my good intentions, I managed to keep this blog up for the entirety of a whole day. I'm gonna try to resurrect it a bit now though, mostly as a way to keep myself sane, my poor friends sane, and to try to give myself a bit of extra motivation to write again.
As you'll probably see pretty quickly from this blog, I am well in need of some practice at writing! It's been longer than I care to remember since I left university, and I appear to have left quite a few of my brain cells behind me, so I want to get using this again as a way to give myself a bit of the oul mental exercise.
Mostly it's probably gonna be rants, possibly some vaguely funny stuff (all nicked from other folk, naturally) and film and gig reviews.
I hope you (by which I probably mean me, cos I'm sure there won't be a lot of other folks reading this!) aren't too badly bored by it all!
:)
As you'll probably see pretty quickly from this blog, I am well in need of some practice at writing! It's been longer than I care to remember since I left university, and I appear to have left quite a few of my brain cells behind me, so I want to get using this again as a way to give myself a bit of the oul mental exercise.
Mostly it's probably gonna be rants, possibly some vaguely funny stuff (all nicked from other folk, naturally) and film and gig reviews.
I hope you (by which I probably mean me, cos I'm sure there won't be a lot of other folks reading this!) aren't too badly bored by it all!
:)
Gainsbourg (Film Review)
I didn’t really know much about Serge Gainsbourg before I saw this film, and I think that may have been the best approach to it. If you’re expecting a documentary-like attention to historic detail from Gainsbourg you’ll be disappointed. What you’ll get instead is a wonderful insight into a larger than life character - a musician, a painter, an artist, a creator.
The quirky, almost surreal elements to the film – namely Gainsbourg’s “mug” which grows from being a device created by his childish imagination to help protect him, to an almost grotesque manifestation of his more destructive elements – help to take us out of the real, out of the desire to compare every detail to what we may know of Gainsbourg’s life, and let us sit back and enjoy the story which is unfolding before us.
I honestly have very little idea how much accuracy there is in the film. And I don’t really care that much. Gainsbourg is a beautifully made film, with wonderful characters, wonderful storytelling, great cinematography and a lovely balance in tone towards its main character. It’s no surprise to learn that the director, Joann Sfar, works primarily in graphic novels and comic books. He treats Gainsbourg in the traditional manner of a hero – there is reverence, but there is no hiding the man’s flaws and faults either.
Overall, a very enjoyable, engaging and intriguing film, about a fascinating and absorbing man. Definitely worth seeing.
For those in/around Belfast, it's only on at the QFT, 30th July - 12th August. Go see it!!
The quirky, almost surreal elements to the film – namely Gainsbourg’s “mug” which grows from being a device created by his childish imagination to help protect him, to an almost grotesque manifestation of his more destructive elements – help to take us out of the real, out of the desire to compare every detail to what we may know of Gainsbourg’s life, and let us sit back and enjoy the story which is unfolding before us.
I honestly have very little idea how much accuracy there is in the film. And I don’t really care that much. Gainsbourg is a beautifully made film, with wonderful characters, wonderful storytelling, great cinematography and a lovely balance in tone towards its main character. It’s no surprise to learn that the director, Joann Sfar, works primarily in graphic novels and comic books. He treats Gainsbourg in the traditional manner of a hero – there is reverence, but there is no hiding the man’s flaws and faults either.
Overall, a very enjoyable, engaging and intriguing film, about a fascinating and absorbing man. Definitely worth seeing.
For those in/around Belfast, it's only on at the QFT, 30th July - 12th August. Go see it!!
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