CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 12/22/2017
TITLE: South Pacific
FORMAT: Laserdisc
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 152 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 30.6 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 8353.8 miles
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Dealing with prejudice in a time before the Vietnam war when Vietnamese were referred to as Tonkinese. Exceptional music and lyrics.
PROS AND CONS: The more I watch this film, the more it becomes a golden relic in the film archives. The world isn't like this anymore, it was never really like this at all, but we like to think it was.
On this viewing, I was amazed at the word-smithing of Oscar Hammerstein II. The neophyte assumes writing lyrics is easy. Listen to these songs and imagine writing them, it ain't easy, it is a talent.
The one thing that disturbed me in this viewing was the look of the film. There was a lot of thought into the tinting of various scenes in the film to give it more emotional impact, but this actually makes the film seem dull and muted. Sometimes it borders on sepia-tone, which does not give the viewer the feeling of being on a tropical island.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
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