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"I was beguiled by Moonlight Sonata, a slender but delicately made vehicle for Paderewski. It opens with an extended piano recital in which we hear Chopin's 'Heroic' Polonaise, Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody and a fragment of the title piece. The playing is mesmerising and there are wonderful overhead shots of the pianist's hands. No one would dare to put so much uninterrupted music in a movie today. Paderewski gets other chances to play; and the story of how he helps to bring lovers together is nicely written. Bel Canto Society has acquired an improved print; it is excellent almost throughout, with just the odd instance of fuzzy picture. The cast includes smooth Eric Portman and dignified Marie Tempest."--Tully Potter, Classic Record Collector
Paderewski portrays himself. The film includes a 21-minute recital (Chopin "Heroic Polonaise," Liszt "Hungarian Rhapsody," Beethoven "Moonlight,") + Paderewski "Minuet in G."
When Paderewski is playing, the camera mostly is trained on his face or hands, revealing details his records can't: You see that he keeps his fingers bent except for the pinkies, which he often holds straight. With the left hand he often strikes the lowest note first, the rest of the hand follows and then the right hand comes down.
His rhythms are flexible within a strict overall tempo. Serene playing. Casts a spell.
--Stefan Zucker
"Moonlight Sonata reveals an extraordinary and arresting figure who moves through the story with the naturalness, dignity and assurance of one who is used to taking the homage of the world for granted. To call Mr. Paderewski a good actor would be, in one sense, overstatement, and in another, understatement. The veteran actress Marie Tempest, who plays, so to speak, opposite him, is magnificent as a cultured and worldly old baroness, but it requires all her art to be that, while Paderewski is himself without any apparent effort. Yet the two are equally matched, except that never for a moment does one doubt the reality of the musician.
"Seated at his piano the Polish artist and patriot offers a noble study of a creative interpreter. With no suggestion of pose or exaggeration he addresses himself to the music of Chopin, Beethoven, Liszt and himself with overwhelming confidence and utter simplicity. He casts his spell directly, and the shifting camera never once discovers a flaw in the expression of his face and body or in the behavior of his hands. He is completely absorbed in his own playing and so is the audience."--Samuel Chotzinoff, New York Post (1937) |
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