The Speed of Sound: Moving On in Two Classic MGM Musicals
Vincente Minnelli's 'The Band Wagon' and Stanley Donen's 'Singin' in the Rain' address themes of technological change and potential irrelevance in Hollywood through the musical form.
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Musicals are often thought of as among the lightest of film genres. Despite the seemingly unstoppable rise of mediocre biopics that prize…
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