OT ~ movie "Billy Elliot"

[Rozan Brown]

Sorry, Lance.  I just saw the movie a couple of days ago and had a very
different reaction to the scene.  I was upset to see the father destroy
that piano in a violent rage just because his son loved to play it.  It
had belonged to the kid's dead mother.

The dad didn't want his kid to be musical.  Wasn't manly enough.  Crummy
piano maybe, but it was all he had and was going to have.  I hated to
see that anger taken out on the kid and his piano!

I thought the movie was OK enough.  Wouldn't rush to see it, but the
acting was good and the story fairly emotional.  Great final scene!
Liked it much more than the burning keys.

Rozan Brown
Madison, WI
rbrown@chorus.net

 From: "Lance Lafargue" <lancelafargue@bellsouth.net>
Subject: OT ~ movie "Billy Elliot"


> Have any of you seen the movie "Billy Elliot" where the father takes a
> hammer to Billy's upright and the family warms themselves by the piano
keys
> in the fireplace?  I thought it was one of those cherished moments in
film
> that should be clipped and saved for the end of those long days of
working
> on bad pianos.  Just watching someone get after the piano, then
putting a
> few keys on the fire as it dies down was kind nice. Notice the low
bass
> notes rattle as he blasts the plate just after the harp hits the
ground,
> separate from the sides of the piano.  Nice effect for maybe prepared
> piano... %~)
>
> Lance Lafargue, RPT
> Mandeville, LA
> New Orleans Chapter, PTG
> lancelafargue@bellsouth.net
>
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