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Note by Note: The Making of Steinway L1037 (2007)
Gorgeous and engrossing year-long journey
Craftspeople, makers, and gearheads will appreciate this film as much as music-lovers. The intersection of art and engineering that produces a world-class piano is brought out in wonderful interviews with workers and musicians as well as in video of the construction itself.
Ex Machina (2014)
One of the most satisfying SF films I've ever seen
I've read a lot of SF over the past 5 decades. Ex Machina feels like a very good novella flawlessly recreated as film. There's just enough development of the characters and ideas to fill a good movie, without any indication that the source was cut or padded in the transition. The key points were communicated without excessive verbal exposition (the bane of SF films). I thought the successive revelations of Nathan's ostensible and true motives were cleverly managed. Alicia Vikander's (Ava) performance was stunning-- smart, nuanced, and sympathetic. The movie as a whole was a beautifully made and visually appealing production.