Comments on: The Golem with Black Francis – Performance Review http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:13:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: billr http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7084 billr Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:15:25 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/#comment-7084 I also want to chime in on the MC. He didn't ruin for me, but he was a distraction (three YouTube jokes?) and what was the point in demeaning the film? Both people I was with didn't like that either. I liked the music, I am a Black Francis/Frank Black fan, and thought it mostly worked with the movie and even where it didn't work as well, the music was still good. Overall, it was a very cool show and one of the more unique movie events I've been to. I just hope someone has talked to the MC so he knows he should never do something like that again. I also want to chime in on the MC. He didn’t ruin for me, but he was a distraction (three YouTube jokes?) and what was the point in demeaning the film? Both people I was with didn’t like that either. I liked the music, I am a Black Francis/Frank Black fan, and thought it mostly worked with the movie and even where it didn’t work as well, the music was still good. Overall, it was a very cool show and one of the more unique movie events I’ve been to. I just hope someone has talked to the MC so he knows he should never do something like that again.

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]]> By: erwing http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7077 erwing Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:17:38 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/#comment-7077 Pete, I totally agree. My take on it was that Black Francis wrote a soundtrack, not a score. I loved the music, and have always loved the film, but I think the music didn't complement the film or augment its emotion and mood as a score should. This is a small problem compared with the "MC." Whose idea was this guy?? Even on paper that idea would look terrible. Does someone have so little faith in the audience that they think they need banal pop culture references to keep them interested? Does that person see the film not as a beautiful relic of Weimar Germany but a silly little piece of kitsch that needs the MST3K treatment? Even if the "MC's" comments weren't so thoroughly puerile("Hey his teeth look like Freddy Mercury's!" "Hey, that hair looks like Diane Feinstein's"), even if his knowledge of film was deeper than a gloss over the wikipedia site, he could have only detracted from the feel and sheer beauty of the film. As it was, I think he did ruin it for me -- and everyone near me that I talked to afterwards. Pete, I totally agree. My take on it was that Black Francis wrote a soundtrack, not a score. I loved the music, and have always loved the film, but I think the music didn’t complement the film or augment its emotion and mood as a score should.

This is a small problem compared with the "MC." Whose idea was this guy?? Even on paper that idea would look terrible. Does someone have so little faith in the audience that they think they need banal pop culture references to keep them interested? Does that person see the film not as a beautiful relic of Weimar Germany but a silly little piece of kitsch that needs the MST3K treatment? Even if the "MC’s" comments weren’t so thoroughly puerile("Hey his teeth look like Freddy Mercury’s!" "Hey, that hair looks like Diane Feinstein’s"), even if his knowledge of film was deeper than a gloss over the wikipedia site, he could have only detracted from the feel and sheer beauty of the film.

As it was, I think he did ruin it for me — and everyone near me that I talked to afterwards.

]]> By: pete http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/comment-page-1/#comment-7069 pete Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:06:09 +0000 http://sf.metblogs.com/2008/04/26/the-golem-with-black-francis-performance-review/#comment-7069 The MC almost ruined the whole thing for me. I was there to see an interesting film with a new score, not MST3K. But I also thought the score had some major weaknesses... primarily that it wasn't a score, but a collection of songs about the movie. It felt like I was seeing a Black Francis concert that happened to have a movie playing. The music was good, and the film was fascinating. I might buy the record that BF has already mentioned he may do of this, but I'd really like to see the movie again with a real score. The MC almost ruined the whole thing for me. I was there to see an interesting film with a new score, not MST3K. But I also thought the score had some major weaknesses… primarily that it wasn’t a score, but a collection of songs about the movie. It felt like I was seeing a Black Francis concert that happened to have a movie playing.

The music was good, and the film was fascinating. I might buy the record that BF has already mentioned he may do of this, but I’d really like to see the movie again with a real score.

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