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| Review by Ross Anthony | ||
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Music is a beautiful thing. Rachel Flowers hears music when she eats. Yogurt has its own song. Lacking vision since birth, Rachel revels in audio. This film documents her talent, her challenge, and her blossoming from a family of local musicians into a prodigy on the verge of international reknown. Actually, why don't you listen to her right now? Here's her playing "Tarkus," as a big fan of Keith Emerson, it caught my attention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLT3Cb96-Mk Production-wise, the doc is rather low-fi – lots of shaky camera, though a few really nice drone shots fly in here and there. A well-shot symphony scene raises the production value as well. But who cares, the music breaks through all of that. See Rachel meet plenty of music greats, including Keith, Stevie Wonder, and climaxing the production with on stage soloing for Dweezil Zappa on a couple of Frank Zappa tunes. Surprisingly, the film doesn't spend much time interviewing Rachel – it just lets her fingers do the talkin'. Intimate, warm, musical, charming, inspiring. |
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Grade..........................A- (3/4) |
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Copyright © 1998-2023 Ross Anthony, Author - Speaker - Solo World Circumnavigator In addition to reviewing films and interviewing celebs at HollywoodReportCard.com, traveling the world, composing great music, motivational speaking, Mr. Anthony also runs his own publishing company in the Los Angeles area. While traversing the circumference of the planet writing books and shooting documentaries, Mr. Anthony has taught, presented for, worked &/or played with locals in over 30 countries & 100 cities (Nairobi to Nagasaki). He's bungee-jumped from a bridge near Victoria Falls, wrestled with lions in Zimbabwe, crashed a Vespa off a high mountain road in Taiwan, and ridden a dirt bike across the States (Washington State to Washington DC). To get signed books ("Rodney Appleseed" to "Jinshirou") or schedule Ross to speak check out: www.RossAnthony.com or call 1-800-767-7186.
Go into the world and inspire the people you meet with your love, kindness, and whatever it is you're really good at. Check out books by Ross Anthony. Rand() functions, Pho chicken soup, rollerblading, and frozen yogurt (w/ blueberries) also rock! (Btw, rand is short for random. It can also stand for "Really Awkward Nutty Dinosaurs" -- which is quite rand, isn't it?) Being alive is the miracle. Special thanks to Ken Kocanda, HAL, Jodie Keszek, Don Haderlein, Mom and Pops, my family, R. Foss, and many others by Ross Anthony. Galati-FE also deserves a shout out. And thanks to all of you for your interest and optimism. Enjoy great films, read stirring novels, grow. |
