Thursday, December 26, 2013

American Hustle: A Christmas Treat- or was it?

After a wonderful homemade breakfast, I headed out to see the newly released movie, American Hustle. I give thumbs up, in fact, I loved the passion and drama so much, and I think I want to see it again! Columbia/Sony pictures outdid themselves with this movie- storyline, actors, and soundtrack- it was the whole package.

Even when you think about the title of the movie and evaluate it, “American Hustle” it explains how you need to “hustle” to survive and make ends meet and make some dough. As Fandgano.com summaries the movie, “Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, and Amy Adams star in director David O. Russell's fictional period crime drama about a reckless FBI agent who recruits a con man and his alluring partner into a scheme to ensnare corrupt politicians and gangsters. Smooth-talking Irving Rosenfeld (Bale) is a hustler of the highest order.”

With 7 Golden Globe nominations; it more than lives up to every expectation that was set.

A Trailer for the movie is below:

 
I was amazed by how well the classical and jazz music flowed with the story and intensified the movie.  So, we can safely say that music supervisor Susan Jacobs has created one of the year’s best soundtracks. When Jacobs was interviewed by Huffington Post, she commented on a specific scene where she placed Steely Dan’s “Dirty Work.”
 Jacobs: I was on set and David was shooting that scene. He was sitting there with his iPod, which he has all the time. He listens to a lot of music. We started listening to "Dirty Work" right on location. He played it out of his Jambox speaker right as they were walking. We always thought that would be an original song place, and we really tried for that with some great ideas. Steely Dan even considered that they would try to write something original, but we couldn't beat it. When it works, it works. It was one of those things that was married in the movie really early on,” (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/16/american-hustle-soundtrack_n_4442273.html, Rosen, C, 12/17/2013).
 
Steely Dan “Dirty Work”

With an unforgettable album, Jacobs out does herself yet again! Take a listen to soundtrack below!

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