![]() ![]() Rather than shooting for coverage, Mira shot the film by picking up specific moments, which he edited over the course of filming and placed on an animatic. ![]() Important to note, though, is the actual skill necessary to pull this off. Careful editing and tricky cinematography (most notably a surprise split screen at one point) give even the straightest scenes of exposition a highly dynamic quality. It is an unabashedly high concept plot that critics would refer to, warmly and less-warmly, as “preposterous” and “ludicrous,” and a big part of what keeps Grand Piano exciting, on the page at least, is the outlandishness of its story.Īs critics were quick to point out, a sustained, florid sense of style also distinguishes the film. However, unlike Cloverfield’s constantly shifting form, Grand Piano sticks to a single, clear premise. It’s an undeniably silly premise that, through the efforts of the film’s writer, director and stars, reaches its full cartoonish potential.Ĭhazelle told Vulture that his strategy in screenwriting was “Get them to turn the page, get them to turn the page, get them to turn the page,” and that comes through in the very propulsive plotting of both Grand Piano and 10 Cloverfield Lane. All goes well until a man talking to him via a small ear piece (John Cusack) threatens to shoot his wife if he gets one note of the concert wrong. In Grand Piano, directed by Eugenio Mira, Elijah Wood plays Tom Selznik, a piano prodigy who returns to the stage years after screwing up an “impossible” piece written by his now dead mentor. These include the infamously titled The Last Exorcism Part II and the more fondly regarded 10 Cloverfield Lane. The double feature screens for free in our regular screening room, 4070 Vilas Hall.īefore his ascent to Oscardom, Grand Piano was part of a slew of films that Damien Chazelle had written but not directed. Featuring a screenplay by Damien Chazelle, Grand Piano will screen in our series tribute to Chazelle on Friday, February 9 at 7 p.m., the first half of a double-feature that concludes with 10 Cloverfield Lane at 8:45 p.m. These notes on Eugenio Mira's Grand Piano (2013) were written by WUD Film’s Vincent Mollica. ![]()
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