Once

What a wonderful and refreshing musical. I can’t recommend this movie
enough. Who needs singing actors? Just get talented musicians that can
half act and there you have it. A gem of a low budget film.


3 Responses to “Once”

  1. gabriele Says:

    A masterpiece!
    The long shot when she goes home listening the music in the headphone is priceless.

  2. Kevin Hanna Says:

    I agree, it’s a just an honestly sincere film, where the weight and emotion feels genuinely rather then constructed. They we’re afraid of the quite moments between actions and didn’t have to fill ever second with something happening or overtly “funny” dialogue.

    Which is a fancy way of saying I loved the way this movie made me feel.

    -Kevin

  3. Matt Jones Says:

    Just watched it last night & enjoyed it immensely. A great example of what can be achieved on a ow budget. The ‘amateur’ acting is entirely convincing with compelling dramatic progression-it plas with story conventions beautifully.

    Intrigued to know how the crane shot at the end was achieved-whether they blew the budget on a real shooting crane took the lo-fi approach & commandeered a ’street-light’ crane?