This is a fascinating (but vast) area. You could consider large parts of the
outputs of Ken Russell and Tony Palmer as well as others. There are several
Soviet demonstrations of Russian musical genius ("Mussorgsky", "Glinka",
"The Composer Glinka", "Rimsky-Korsakov") which put a political gloss on the
question. I guess the classic of music madness in movies is "Hangover
Square" though it's not about a real composer.
One question might be; how is the portrayal of *musical* genius different
from that in the other arts (e.g. "Lust for Life", "The Agony and the
Ecstasy", "Savage Messiah", [even, perhaps "The Rebel"?!])
j
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From: "milonga del angel" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: music as an image in cinema
Hi everybody,
I would like to take your opinion about a study of "music as an image in
cinema". This study will contain generally "musical genius, music and
madness, genre (classical, tango, jazz, rock etc.)"
These are some of movies which i choose for the study:
La Pianist-Haneke, Shine-Scott Hicks, Voices from the lock Room-Malcolm
Clarke, Piano-jane Campion, Amadeus-Milos Forman, Immortal beloved-Bertrand
rose, Tous le matin du monde-Alain Corneau, Pianist-Polanski, Song without
end -Charles Vidor, Paganini Kinski, Hillary and Jackie-Anand Tucker, The
Music Lovers-Ken Russel, Spring Symphony-Peter Schamon, Mahler-Ken Russel,
Un coeur en hiver-Sautet, Blue-Kieslowski, Besieged-Bertolucci, Glenn
Gould-Francois Girard, Meeting Venus-Szabo, Taking Sides-Szabo, Round
Midnight-Tavernier, Bird-Eastwood, Bueno Vista Social club-Wenders, Velvet
Goldmine-Todd Haynes, The Doors-Oliver Stone, Mo Better Blues-Spike Lee ,
Mr. Holland's Opus, Together-Chen Kaige, Madam Souzatzka, Music of the
Heart-Wes Craven, Red Violin-Girard, The Legend of 1900-Tornatore,
M.Butterfly-David Cronenberg, Farinelli Il Castrato, M.
Butterfly-Crononberg, Aria, Diva-Beneix, Farewell My Concubine (1993) -C.
Kaige, Paris Blues-Martin Ritt, The Wall, Hair, Doors, Tangos: The Exile of
Gardel-Solanas...
Please advise me if you think another movies which must be in the list.
Thanks for your help.
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