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I was quite impressed with Taymor also.<br>
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Across the Universe is really an excellent treatment of the Beatles
catalogue, and the musicians and singers are top notch.<br>
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The symbolism in the movie is wonderful. Interesting how well it works
without being corny.<br>
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On 8/25/2012 9:56 PM, Carl G. Estabrook wrote:
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Lighter but heavy (..., man) as well. One of the few serious attempts
to make art of "the Sixties" - and say something about what's now
universally condemned within the limits of allowable debate. (See B.
Obama, "Mendacity of Hope.")
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<div>Taymor is excellent. Her Shakespeare films - Titus (1999), with
Anthony Hopkins, and The Tempest (2010), with Helen Mirren - are
under-appreciated, and Across the Universe was made between them, with
Shakespeare's history plays in mind, it seems. It's a shame she ever
got involved with the Broadway Spiderman: she was I think trying to do
something of the mixing of pop culture and serious comment that's
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<div>"Across the Universe is a 2007 musical romantic drama film
directed by Julie Taymor, produced by Revolution Studios, and
distributed by Columbia Pictures. The film's plot is centered around
songs by The Beatles. The script is based on an original story credited
to Taymor, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. It incorporates 34
compositions originally written by members of The Beatles. The film
stars Evan Rachel Wood, Jim Sturgess, Joe Anderson and T. V. Carpio,
and introduces Dana Fuchs and Martin Luther McCoy as actors. Cameo
appearances are made by Bono, Eddie Izzard, Joe Cocker, Salma
Hayek amongst others."<br>
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<div>On Aug 25, 2012, at 6:28 AM, "E. Wayne Johnson" <<a
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On the lighter side -<br>
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This scene from Julie Taymor's 2007 film Across the Universe seems
fairly clever to me.<br>
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