I haven’t been to a movie in the theater in a long while, but this one struck my attention when I saw the preview, so I decided to go see it. I am a fan of orchestral/chamber music and found a story about this to be interesting material.
I thought the acting was top notch. The movie setting involved depicting homeless people. I thought it did a great job of depicting the “stuck outflow” in communication you see with many of these people. Many of them have never really been acknowledged before, so they just talk and talk and talk. Quite a few interesting scenes depicting this characteristic.
The movie is not so much about music as it is about friendship. The reporter in the movie takes an interest in an homeless guy for his own personal reasons – to publish a newspaper column. But, begins to learn the details of his life and becomes personally involved with his well being and rediscovery of his passion.
There were many interesting messages in the movie. The power of friendship was one of the primary messages. However, the idea communicated to me the most was the idea that we all have different passions (felt to differing degrees in some than others – communicated in the movie as well). However, regardless of what we are each passionate about, we ought to find a way to maximally enjoy that thing(s). For its enhancement and value in our lives is truly incalculable.
The movie also seemed to take an anti psych drug stance on curing mental ailments, which I appreciated very much.
The move had a few weak points. First off, I believe that the move would have been enhanced had it contained an second go, successful this time, of a recital so that the cellist (Ayers) could have rediscovered his talent. Secondly, I thought it was a bit weak in telling the story as to what exactly happened in this childhood to infuse him with his schizophrenia.
I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and it takes a lot for me decide to write something about one, especially on a pilot blog. However, even though the movie utilizes music as the catalyst through which to communicate the message, it could easily be translated into the passion of aviation that so many of us possess.
I’d highly recommend the movie.