Louis (film)

Louis is a 2010 American documentary film produced and directed by Dan Pritzker. The film premiered in 2010 in Chicago.[1]

Louis
Poster
Directed byDan Pritzker
Written byDan Pritzker
Derick Martini
Steven Martini
David N. Rothschild
Produced byJon Cornick
Michele Tayler
Derick Martini
Steven Martini
StarringJackie Earle Haley
Shanti Lowry
Anthony Coleman
CinematographyVilmos Zsigmond
Edited byRichard Chew
Mark Yoshikawa
Music byLouis Moreau Gottschalk
Wynton Marsalis
Scott Steiner
Production
company
King Bolden
Release date
  • August 25, 2010 (2010-08-25) (Chicago)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film chronicles first youth years of Louis Armstrong and how he acquired his first cornet.

Cast

Filming

Louis was filmed in widescreen, with looping, extended Steadicam sequences and crane shots, which suppose to replicate silent film.[2]

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 33% approval rating based on 6 reviews, with an average ranking of 4.3/10.[3]

Pamela Hutchinson wrote that while she "[doesn't] mind that "[the filming is] 'inauthentic'" and is inspiring due to the film's live score, "[t]he problem with Louis is that it gets distracted from what it does best, and a Chaplin pastiche is no substitute for the real thing".[2]

The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck wrote "A faux black-and-white silent film that will gain immeasurably from its road show presentations, "Louis" is more of a novelty than a satisfying cinematic experience".[4]

According to Nate Chinen of The New York Times, "[w]ith a pace and cinematic language openly inspired by Charlie Chaplin, it's as much a riff on silent movies as it is a coming-of-age tale with a whiff of political farce. [5]

Tim Grierson of The Village Voice was of a different opinion. He wrote "Louis may superficially resemble movies of a bygone age, but it lacks their essence: masterful effortlessness".[6] A similar opinion was shared by Andrew Schenker of Slant Magazine, who wrote that "Louis is in every way a tribute to regressive nostalgia".[7]

References
  1. Chalker, Diane (May 3, 2011). ""Louis" a Silent Movie with Live Accompaniment by Wynton and Jazz Ensemble to Premiere in August". Retrieved August 7, 2021.
  2. Hutchinson, Pamela (November 15, 2011). "Louis (2010): Review". Silent London. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. "Louis (2010)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  4. Scheck, Frank (October 14, 2010). "Louis — Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  5. Chinen, Nate (August 31, 2010). "Satchmo's Story, Music Substituting for Words". The New York Times. p. 2.
  6. Grierson, Tim (August 25, 2010). "Satchmo, the Backstory, in Louis". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  7. Schenker, Andrew (August 23, 2010). "Review: Louis". Slant Magazine.
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