Shine

Shine

There may or may not be some kind of cinematic heresy to say that an academy awarded movie is underrated.

I still feel this movie has a place here. I have never heard anyone anywhere speak about this movie.

Plot:

The true story ( before "true story" became popular ) about a young man and his piano.

Review:

There is something light and non-pretentious over it, listed as drama but more towards the label indie in my opinion, which is attracting. Despite this fact, even though he is speaking about a book, I feel like quoting Bernard in Black books ( This is another review I need to make for this blog ) ; “This book is very, very good. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, it’ll change your life..Where do you live? Okay, go there, and await my instruction".

Armin Mueller-Stahl as the oldschool father figure is very belieavable and Geoffrey Rush is almost seeming to be acting in the movie about himself. The latter does such a strong personal portrait that the entire rest of the movie could be about condensation and the movie as a whole would still be worth watching in my opinion.

David ( Geoffrey Rush) is a stuttering, rambling individual who is suffering a complete breakdown at a young age. However, as a child his skills on the piano were unmatched. David seems to be deaf to anything but music. He perfects his playing over time and driven by his father, an opportunity is presented and he is able to go abroad to improve, but his father, ironically, denies him the chance. He leaves for London regardless where he drives himself to the point of exhaustion, having made it to Albert Hall, only to come back home and face the disowning of his father and therefore his whole family.

Being casted out, as it were, he tries to balance everyday life and with that being a bigger challenge then any piano piece he ends up staying in a mental asylum. Not being in for very long he stumbles upon this simple bar that gets his whole life to turn around 180 degrees back to his instrument and into the arms of a woman.

Watched this some 10 years ago or so and having never heard about it I was definetely surprised at the fact that I had never heard about it.

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