El Violin

Ever since they got the New Time Wasting Machine and then, a year later, discovered that they also had HD, Plotnik and Ducknik haven't gone out to many movies. But this one called to them both: The Violin, a Mexican film playing a few more days at the Roxie.

Wow. The performance by the old man, whom you see on the poster playing his violin, is magnificent. Everything is understated, even the age-old theme of villagers versus the army, and the music from the scratchy violin becomes a metaphor for life itself. The last line of the film: the old man stares at the captain and says "Se acabó la musica." The music is done. Good Bye Miss American Pie. This is a great one.

Plotnik is very sorry to miss TIAPOS tonight but he'll be at Shmerkeley Rep reviewing the new Danny Hoch one man hip-hop show.