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In the Thread: Alessandro Baricco's "Lesson 21" or the challenge of Music and Movie
Post Subject: Films and MusicPosted by Romy the Cat on: 11/20/2008
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Yep, the “32 short films about Glenn Gould” was a wonderful film, a classic how the films about musicians shell be done.
It is interesting that there are very few good films about music and there are very moments where cinematograph works “right” with music. I can recall literally a few moments where visual and woundable was working together “really good”; I would hardly name a whole film but just very short episodes. I remember in “Art of Piano” there was a short episode where Alfred Cortot at his late 80s was teaching his student. His play, his face and with his commentaries were like nothing else. (You must have a translation and to follow his every word, and at the very righ time)
Another interesting moment that I can recall now (listening Du Pre’s Beethoven sonatas) was in “Hilary and Jackie”. The film is very much controversial but there was a moment in there worth the price of whole admission. When Jacqueline was torched by multiple sclerosis attack and her mind was submerging into the drain of her memories there was a moment in there when the camera fast-descending into a black hole of Du Pre’s fantasies. That descends was “orchestrated” by Du Pre’s unparallel play of Elgar’s Cello concerto… You can’t mix visual and musical expressively with more effectiveness then that
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