Treat the pianist!

Oscar winners at TV Center

Americans love the fairy tale about Cinderella very much (is it for nothing that they film it all the time?). The timeless story of a kind girl rewarded for her patience and quiet disposition with a prince, a kingdom and beautiful dresses best matches the “great American dream” on which this country grew up. But in modern times, the well-known plot has undergone some changes. The most successful of the options please the Americans so much that they give an Oscar for them. Australian director Scott Higgts most likely had no idea that while making Glitter, he was making a film that would be nominated for an Oscar in seven nominations, and Geoffrey Rush would receive the coveted statuette for Best Actor. Glitter is a film about a mad genius musician. As a child, when he was a child prodigy, his father had such high hopes for him that the boy could not stand it and went crazy, refusing to go near the piano. After many years spent in a psychiatric clinic, something happened in his head, and he began to play again.

In general, in addition to the already mentioned eternal plot about Cinderella receiving her prince (the fact that instead of a prince in this case talent is not of great importance), the film is a detailed illustration of the favorite saying of domestic drunkards: “You can’t drink talent away!” Unfortunately, unlike the famous “The English Patient,” “Shine” was not shown in Moscow cinemas and is almost unknown to the general public. Having become famous for the film “Shine,” Geoffrey Rush played one of the roles in the film “Children of the Revolution,” a comic parable about how Joseph Stalin’s son appeared in Australia. Rush presented both films last summer at the Moscow Film Festival. In Moscow, no one then paid much attention to the Oscar winner. It’s nice that television decided to introduce viewers to fashionable (even last year) cinema.

"Glitter" Scott Higgts, Australia, 1996.

Cast: Geoffrey Rush March 14, Sat, 20.15-22.10 TV Center