Joel.Simone

Today we started our courses next movie, Across the Universe Dir. by Julie Taymor. The movie was introduced by Dr. Klaschus as the next step, or an extension, of American Graffiti, and this may be true; although, both movies are substantially different from the aesthetic, style, and direction of my past and current work. During todays initial showing of Across the Universe, I felt like I was watching the cast of the OC sing Beatles songs like the Monkeys. Ultimately, I was having a hard time believing the musical elements in the movie. However, I don’t believe this is solely because it is a musical; I thought the recent film Once, a musical, had truthful elements, and one of my all time favorites is a musical, The Magic Flute by Ingmar Bergman. I will refrain on this for now, for I want to see where the movie takes me. I will finish watching it in class this Thursday.