أسطورة 1900

Add this obscure film to your list of Must-See movies. It's one of those elusive 'great' movies most people have never heard of, much less seen. Powerful, emotional, evocative, foot-tapping. Did you like "Titanic"? You'll love "The Legend of 1900". Do you like music, especially jazz? You'll love "The Legend of 1900". I laughed and I cried. A great film. (What more can I say?) Although it is a totally different film, "The Legend of 1900" has many of the elements found in the brilliant Swedish movie, "As It Is In Heaven" (2004) -- music, friendship, and love. Sometimes, inspiration is where you least expect it... Give it a try, you'll find inspiration in "The Legend of 1900",

This flick is enthralling and makes you both laugh and cry. The original and risk-taking "plot" (maybe "premise" would be a better word) immediately engage the viewer. The photography is lush, the script jaunty and punchy and the acting superb. Either the rolling piano or duel scenes alone are worth more than many movies in their entirety. But the flaw of 1900 is that we are not given enough to justify 1900's decision to remain on the Virginian. This might have been accomplished by having more scenes with 1900 interacting with the the crew and passengers (instead of just espousing his unexplained insight regarding them). It would have helped immensely too if we could have learned why 1900 developed such passion for the piano, which could have been better developed as an allegory to his life. Please don't get me wrong. If this film had contained the features I desire, it may stand as one of the all time greats. But as it is its merely a wonderful, excellent film.

I have seen this movie many times. Today without even knowing I turned on my television and the movie was just starting. I cannot think of a more fascinating movie than this. The music is beautiful, the story makes you wander into time and into the Pianist's mind. A whole world turns around him as the center of his universe. He does not need to go out and look around for an identity. Why should he go out into the real life when the world comes to him? I cannot think of a better actor to portray this character. The sad look in his eyes gives credibility to what he does. The "girl" Melanie Thierry is as beautiful as they come. Her peacefully wild looks make her an unforgettable player in this movie. Regardless of the technical deficiencies, the plot itself is so strong, that you cannot but get inside the story and follow it throughout the duration of the film. I recommend this picture as a must see for anyone that is sensible to life itself

My first reaction after watching the movie was that it was a good movie, unfortunately not the type I like. After couple of days, movie plots often flash in my mind and the hero's piano song flutters in my ear. This is a very strong movie. I have watched 1900's whole life in the movie theater. He has become a special friend of mine. I miss him from time to time.

This quirky and memorable journey is not so much a story as a sensual experience, exquisitely filmed with several unbelievable but joyous musical sequences. The Legend of 1900 is a strange tale, for sure, of a piano prodigy who has never had a lesson, a man born and left on a luxury liner and, as the years pass, who fears leaving the safety of his safe haven. How much better to stay safely on the sea than venture out into what some might call The Real World! Many of the formal critics cringed at the film's immersion into sentiment, but that's part and parcel of this glorious evocation of the magic of music, an immersion in a never-was-but-wish- there-was--past. Several long talky sequences go on far too long for the film to be a unalloyed joy from start to finish, but this distinctive floating world is still a wonder if you don't expect guns and sex and rock and roll.