The Allied movement
to save masterpiece artworks from Nazi theft or torch in the closing days of
World War II already inspired 1964 classic “The Train.” That superb movie
churned on tense action, ditched talk to the curb, and let the audience decide
if a man’s life –- or that of an entire village -– was worth the price of a
Renoir. Paint on canvas, or culture? George Clooney’s “The Monuments Men” takes
the American view of the same mission with a deep love of square WWII dramas,
and gives us a definitive answer that, yes, art is worth dying for. It’s
spoken. Aloud. Repeatedly. Clooney directs and stars along with Matt Damon,
Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett, among others, and all are solid. Watch war-weary
Murray listen to a home-made record from his daughter and try not to get goose
bumps. But, man, we don’t much of a look at the art that these men and women
are spending their lives on. The why. If you want to see the art at the dramatic center, hit the Web, Clooney’s camera is shy. My love
of “Train” may be biased. Marvelous ending with Clooney’s real pop. B
Saturday, June 21, 2014
The Monuments Men (2014)
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