http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/03/06/women-with-vision-starts-with-a-bang/ Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:33:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/03/06/women-with-vision-starts-with-a-bang/#comment-30 Matt Mon, 06 Mar 2006 19:40:24 +0000 http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2006/03/06/women-with-vision-starts-with-a-bang/#comment-30 <em>Play</em> was gorgeous; an excellent selection to start off the festival with. It hooked me from the opening credit sequence, where the lead actor's name glides onscreen just as she glides off it, and as the beat of the music kicks in, creating a connection between music, character and image that remains unbroken throughout the movie. I loved the languid, dreamlike way the film flirted with the borders between narrative and reality. I loved how the lead character's voyeuristic gaze provided a surrogate for that of the audience. I'm quite surprised by the dearth of buzz around <em>Play</em> in the US; it was marvelous, and more art-house audiences should see it. Thanks for bringing it to us. Play was gorgeous; an excellent selection to start off the festival with. It hooked me from the opening credit sequence, where the lead actor’s name glides onscreen just as she glides off it, and as the beat of the music kicks in, creating a connection between music, character and image that remains unbroken throughout the movie. I loved the languid, dreamlike way the film flirted with the borders between narrative and reality. I loved how the lead character’s voyeuristic gaze provided a surrogate for that of the audience. I’m quite surprised by the dearth of buzz around Play in the US; it was marvelous, and more art-house audiences should see it. Thanks for bringing it to us.

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