Definitely one of my favourite movies but then I am addicted to the music of contemporary composers Ravel, Debussy, Delius and Stravinsky and the other marvellous Russians Rachmaninov, Borodin, Tchaikovsky together with the Armenian Khachaturian
I have to say it is a work of art
This wonderfully detailed and superbly photographed movie is an special romance of music and love. We can all study the history of Chanel and the music of Stravinsky but to put it on film here is something extraordinary. The Dutch born director Jan Kounen is to be congratulated on the writing, the cast and crew, the sets of the period. I was mesmerised, never bored as was one reviewer. Mostly the reviews here confirm my thinking that it's a brilliant piece of film making. It's a fact that Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring was a composition ahead of it's time, certainly very different to Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, and so for a Paris audience in 1913 not prepared for anything new and daring, we see here virtually the way it happened
the pandemonium in the audience and concerthall. It surely was like that! This film Coco and Igor has given me a new insight into the life and music of Stravinsky. And where have I heard that background music before? There is Stravinsky's music but also we have Gabriel Yared's musical talents (The Talented Mr Ripley) adorning the main work. Their love is sensual, she is sophisticated, a strong woman, there are moments of heartbreak, and magical moments. I understoodit... Only the very finest French vintage, interesting, engrossing. I have said it already and I will use the word again, it's a beautiful remarkable film. The orchestra playing Le Sacre du Printemps is absolutely marvellous and I recommend this film to any serious classical music lover... 10 stars... Malcolm in Toronto revised and amended Dec 2014
Review of Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
