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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

Sarah Brightman: Harem: A Desert Fantasy (2004)

You’d think that between two directors and four A.D.s they’d be able to come up with something interesting, but no. They instruct Sarah to stand in pools of light-reflecting water and look attractive in wind.
Camera movement is an art; you can’t just flaff around like a chimp and hope it turns out okay in the edit.
Lens flare is not enjoyable.
Whatsisface cocked-up his lines mime and they left it in.
And stop with the snakey hands thing! It’s not exotic. It’s irritating.
Sometimes adding imagery to an already less than impressive album can make it seem better, but not in this case. The good tracks are all that save it from getting the stop button.
Sarah's live performances are far superior than this lengthy music video.

2 picturesque bores out of 5

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