...that belong in a time capsule.
It beautifully captures the mood and the music particular to that moment in time.
The movie left a lasting impression when I first saw it as a kid in the 1960s. In a way, I felt like I was watching my own parent's story. It helped inform my impression of the WWII generation.
I wondered how it would hold up all these decades later and through my adult lens.
Brought me to tears.
It gave me a chance to really appreciate the immense talent of Jimmy Stewart as well as that of Glenn Miller. The music, for which it won an Oscar, is genius. Performing and playing themselves: Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Frances Langford, Ben Pollack, The Modernaires ... and a bunch of others.
As Purple Rain describes the 1980's zeitgeist, the Glenn Miller Story describes the 1940's zeitgeist in the way any really good movie does ... through a soft-filter lens and a great soundtrack.
It beautifully captures the mood and the music particular to that moment in time.
The movie left a lasting impression when I first saw it as a kid in the 1960s. In a way, I felt like I was watching my own parent's story. It helped inform my impression of the WWII generation.
I wondered how it would hold up all these decades later and through my adult lens.
Brought me to tears.
It gave me a chance to really appreciate the immense talent of Jimmy Stewart as well as that of Glenn Miller. The music, for which it won an Oscar, is genius. Performing and playing themselves: Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Frances Langford, Ben Pollack, The Modernaires ... and a bunch of others.
As Purple Rain describes the 1980's zeitgeist, the Glenn Miller Story describes the 1940's zeitgeist in the way any really good movie does ... through a soft-filter lens and a great soundtrack.