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A visually rich, heart-rending short film that is guaranteed to raise goose-flesh and pull tears.
Dominant Seventh is a rare jewel of a short film -- about 25 minutes -- a story about a musically-gifted boy whose mother is gone and whose father is so consumed by his own grief over the loss of his wife that he is unable to take care of himself, much less attend to the special needs of his child prodigy. The triumph of the film is two fold -- the visuals and sounds of the film are magnificent -- I personally rate them up there with Kurosawa's and Coppola's early works! And the film never resorts to sentimentality to render its audience emotionally overwhelmed. The further treat and thrill of Dominant Seventh is that we get to share, on a very intimate level, what it feels like to be a genius musician! Dom 7 explores the world of musical creation and expression from the inside out and is absolutely successful in that regard -- I am not kidding when I tell you that I got goose-flesh right now, just thinking about one special scene where little Rocco (alone in his drab bedroom) hears the beginnings of a symphony in his head, complete with the sounds of an audience welcoming the conductor and himself, takes his violin, and begins to accompany the "symphony." It is a rare film moment -- one I will always treasure.
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- mbacus84
- Jul 27, 2001
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