Only criticism...........p oor scratchy records for score

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Apparently they forgot to install the genius switch when you were manufactured.

Certainly not for every track; I heard many songs without record-scratch sounds but they are old recordings which were probably done on acetates. Recording quality at that time was not what it is today. If you think those recordings give the film a "cheap feel" (are you sure it's cheap to pay for all those songs? are you in the music publishing business?), then what in the hell were you doing watching a movie about the '30s in the first place? You should let Woody Allen know some of his best films also have a "cheap feel" because of the classic recordings he sometimes used.

You know what the worst thing is though... they used cars and clothing from the time period also. They should have been wearing new clothes and driving new cars so we wouldn't have to deal with all that '30s stuff, right?

Man, I thought that the authentic soundtrack was one of the best things about the movie (second only to McKay's portrayal of Orson Welles). I think that using appropriate music is one of the very best ways of helping to properly recreate a time from the past that is long gone. I thought the score was much better and fitted to the subject matter than what 99% of composers could have done for the movie. I loved it. I was even checking for more info about the songs during the credits.