I think we learned about Songcatcher via Netflix about three years ago during the O, Brother Where Art Thou and Down From the Mountain excitement.
As a movie it was lacking something; all the pieces were there but it didn't quite sizzle. The reason for this, I think, was the way they shot the film: it was 'too pretty' and therefore unreal, especially for representing lives in the mountains of North Carolina during the timeframe of the movie, so the viewer was sort of outside looking in.
That said, however, we LOVED the music and the opening up of the roots of mountain music, and that's why I gave it an '8'. There is something so deep and true about that stream of American music, mainly I think because most of it is birthed in hardship. Anyway this movie was one piece of our growing love affair with this sort of music, especially on the mountain gospel side of things, all the way to the present day with Ollabelle, and the Anonymous Four (American Angels).
And to first have encountered Emmy Rossum here and then just recently enjoying her performance in Phantom of the Opera is a real treat. She's got the gifts and I look forward to following her career, especially the development of her acting since her voice already speaks for itself.
As a movie it was lacking something; all the pieces were there but it didn't quite sizzle. The reason for this, I think, was the way they shot the film: it was 'too pretty' and therefore unreal, especially for representing lives in the mountains of North Carolina during the timeframe of the movie, so the viewer was sort of outside looking in.
That said, however, we LOVED the music and the opening up of the roots of mountain music, and that's why I gave it an '8'. There is something so deep and true about that stream of American music, mainly I think because most of it is birthed in hardship. Anyway this movie was one piece of our growing love affair with this sort of music, especially on the mountain gospel side of things, all the way to the present day with Ollabelle, and the Anonymous Four (American Angels).
And to first have encountered Emmy Rossum here and then just recently enjoying her performance in Phantom of the Opera is a real treat. She's got the gifts and I look forward to following her career, especially the development of her acting since her voice already speaks for itself.