I recently saw the movie Dreamgirls. It is a masterpiece. The camera whirls about the world, filling the screen with emotion to fit each scene. The sets, costumes and lighting are amazing, creating a spectacular sense of time and place.
And the acting is fantastic, most of all during the songs. The actors talk, and as emotions heat up, they start singing. What they have to say can't be expressed with mere speech, it has to be musical. It's a very operatic, technological piece, but a master work, showing total control and facility with the technology. It's the sort of piece Wagner would create today, if he weren't dead, and wasn't racist.
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