Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971)

One of the quirkiest and most off beat musicals I've seen is delivered through a child's eye perspective of what should sound good, look good even taste good. Everything we 'digest' throughout this film is given to us, filtered through one big refinery - what is it a kid would like?

From the miracle of finding enough to get candy, to the miracle of finding the ticket, to grandpa walking again, to the fantastical chocolate factory... it's a child's every fantasy and hope put to film and projected onto the screen.

Even the not-so-enjoyable parts are entertaining in some way.

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