Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench

Here we have a musical romance told in jazz and shot in black and white. And it works. Fancy that.

You might want to tuck Damien Chazelle's name into your memory bank if his filmmaking debut, the terrific jazz improvisation that is "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench," is any indication of what his future might hold. How many 25-year-old indie directors choose to channel 1930s B-grade Hollywood musicals into a contemporary, tap-dancing love story, with nearly all of its very limited budget poured into paying the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra (yes, you read that correctly) to play the smoky original score created by a talented friend? And — and this is a big one — actually make it work? I think there might be just one. [...]

di Betsy Sharkey, articolo completo (3772 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 10 dicembre 2010