Reviews

Why does everyone take this marvelous background music for granted?

In all of the reviews, either critics or users, there is absolutely NO mention of the marvelous piano performance that gives this film emotion and depth.

It takes an enormous amount of work and thought to compose a score that adapts itself to the drama and flow of the story.

One would think that the BFI would have the decency and politeness to at least add a name in the credits.

The bloody special effects in the entire Gomorrah series are quite realistic, with great attention to detail.

However, in this episode the sequence from 30:02 - 30:46 still boggles my mind. It was obviously filmed with a drone camera, but I still can't figure out how they did it-(maybe digital splicing?)

From a technical point of view of those who study camera angles etc., footage like this is representative of what makes this show stand out from all of the others.

When watching this "Amazing Story" in April 2020, I was surprised to discover that this Spielberg story involves a good cast and suitable period decors, all directed by Clint Eastwood.

The haunting music which fits in perfectly with the eerie drama, is unfortunately NOT by Niehaus, but rather by Richard Wagner: "O du mein holder abendstern" (O star of eve) from his opera Tannhäuser, written in 1843.

Even though the tune is now in public domain, there is not one mention about the origin of this melody, neither on IMDB, nor in the credits at the end of the episode.

John Williams, Spielberg, Eastwood, and Niehaus all know where this tune came from, but why did they overlook this detail on purpose?

We'll never know!

In my opinion, this is one of the most powerful episodes out of all of "The Jeffersons" seasons.

Who would have ever guessed that the writers would see into the future and come up with a line that still hurts in today's America?

This episode can be watched on Daily Motion. Check it out from 7:30-7:43.

Allow me to speak for all musicians in saying that jealousy does exist between us at some point in our careers, but not to this extent. "Mozart in the Jungle" was the poorest attempt at portraying the lives of symphonic musicians and their love affairs, but that 's not the way things are in real life.

Performance errors are human, and should not be punished by "paying the price". We are here to play our instrument and derive pleasure out of it. That is the only goal we have to acquire.

So WHY do writers and directors think that they can make a fast buck on the musical world by conveying such a ridiculous image of how we grow and relate in our field? Yes, sexual harassment is present (but rare), usually stemming from teachers to students. However the idea of attaining "perfection" is false, because even when you think that you've achieved it, it can always be better.

I'll give this film a 2/10 simply because the actresses had good off stage Cello training. They were well coached and gave their instrumental technique was convincing. The rest is nothing more than a popcorn movie.

I am a musician and live in France, where the release date of this movie is scheduled for Sept. 2 2009. I obviously cannot write a review at the present time but have nevertheless read the book.

What no one mentions in all of the above comments is that Nathaniel Ayers was originally a Double Bass student at Julliard and NOT a cellist. That instrument-- along with the violin, trumpet, and piano, all came about later on. Put any instrument into his hands and he'll do his best to master it.

Having attended Yale university, I did not know him personally, even though we studied with one of the greatest bass teachers in the New York area at that time: Homer Mensch. Recently our paths did finally cross thanks to one of our mutual acquaintances, bassist and composer Joe Russo. Nathan likes to write down the names of his long lost good friends on walls, or any writing surface, and Joe's name is always there, scribbled amongst his favorites. This was where Steve noticed Joe's name and Googled him to look up his website. A new and close friendship resulted between them, and the many anecdotes that Joe pulled out of Nathan's past were worth their weight in gold to Steve, enough to devote the entire chapter 8 of the book to Joe!

To me, reading this book made me come to the conclusion that every man has his hour in life, and Nathan's time had come now. The chances of 2 men, one homeless and one not, being pulled together through the sound of a violin in a rush hour tunnel, were undoubtedly written in the stars. Through articles, a book and now a film on Nathan, Steve helped uplift a poor and abandoned part of society to a rank that it never imagined nor asked for, but morally deserved. We all know that the Internet is indeed capable of connecting and reconnecting people in the present, but only music can magically, throughout time, open the doors that connect all of us to one another.