It seems entirely appropriate that Lin-Manuel Miranda would hold off his motion picture directing debut until he had something he clearly could be passionate about. No doubt he has found it in the …
It seems entirely appropriate that Lin-Manuel Miranda would hold off his motion picture directing debut until he had something he clearly could be passionate about.
this idea came directly from Larson’s own experience of trying to mount an elaborate sci-fi futuristic workshop musical calledThat show went nowhere, but in following the advice of his veteran agent to “write what you know,” Larson began to find his own voice in the form of initially a one-man show, a rock monologue as it were, that becameThe prevailing theme finds him, played brilliantly by Garfield, freaking out to be hitting age 30 with no notable success to show for it.
The music is better than your average Broadway score, and some of it just soars as when Vanessa Hudgens, playing a member of the ensemble of the play within the play, belts out “Come yo Your Senses,” or what a, uh, magical chorus sings in the soaring “Sunday” at the Moondance diner, a musical number you will not soon forget. No spoilers here, though.
Cinematically speaking, Miranda is comfortable behind the camera finding ways to bring what was thoroughly a theatrical piece to life as a For theatre geeks, fans of Larsen and Miranda and Garfield and musicals – on stage or in the movies-explodes in all the right ways on screen. This year is proving to be a boon for the resurgence of movie musicals, and here is one near the top of the pack.
Producers of the Imagine production are Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Julie Oh. Julie Larson, Jonathan’s sister, keeps it all in the family as an executive producer here. Check out my video review with scenes from the film at the link above.
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