The Red Violin

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 1:56 pm

I LOVE this movie! saw it again last night ~ anyone else like it out there?

koan · Post by **koan** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 4:50 pm

It's bloody brilliant. Sorry about the pun.

One of my favourite movies.

Cass · Post by **Cass** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:06 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: Cassie,

Hi i have never heard of it until now.. Can you tell a little bit of what it is about? I would appreciate it!
OMG is a wonderfuly complex movie, it starts in modern day at an auction for a violin ~ and waiting to bid are several people in person and on the phone...

Then it flashes back to the maker of the violin in italy in the 1500's and his pregnant wife at the fortune teller who is reading her cards and telling her of the life ahead of her... but the next night she dies in childbirth along with her baby and the violin maker is devestated ~ he has been making a masterpiece violin for his infant son who is now dead.... so he takes the violin and varnishes it with varnish mixed with his wifes blood.... then the story moves forward - the story of this violin and where it goes decade to decade century to century and it follows the fortune layed out by the Italian tarot card reader... it is just an amazing movie, and although I have seen it many times I love to watch it

Tombstone · Post by **Tombstone** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 10:59 am

Thanks for this review and recommendation! I'm going to look for it too.