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Gary Oldman, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Valeria Golino, Marco Hofschneider, Johanna ter Steege

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Clare Manion

OMG - Darlings - You have no idea how much I’ve been looking forward to this one! What a good Wednesday this has become :)

Helene Ring Teppan

This is such a brilliant movie. I really look forward to seeing it again, with you. I am slightly shocked that a reactor has even heard of it. 😊

Clare Manion

Oh my goodness guys, I could go on for days about this movie, but I promise to keep it to just the essentials… - As it was explained to me, many years ago: Think of the Classical period of music as a sandbox. Mozart created the most beautiful, most perfect sand castles anyone ever saw. Beethoven, however, was about 10 yards off constructing the jungle gym that was the Romantic period. In contrast to everything that came before him, Beethoven was loud. There was dissonance. His music was emotional in a way that had not been heard before. Beethoven was indeed the Eminem or Marylin Manson - the shock rocker - of his time. - The first piece we hear him play is Sonata No. 8, “Pathetique.” I like how it’s played here. Some are too polite about. It’s an angry piece. Hit the keys. - Napoleon was indeed the subject of his 3rd symphony, Eroica (“Heroic”). And once he heard about Napoleon’s imperialist ambitions, he really did scribble out the dedication - so much so that he scratched a hole in the page. - What essentially becomes 'Karl’s theme' is Symphony No.7. You’ve heard it before. It was featured prominently in The Fall, which you watched in spring. - Ok, last thing: the letter is real. It’s considered one of the greatest love letters ever written, and I have to say I agree. The phrase “my other self” always stands out in my mind. And the piece that goes with it is the Piano Concerto No.5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73. I always cry when we see Johanna in the window, just as the piano comes in.

Actuarial Lurker

THey had to build NEW stronger pianos for Beethoven since he would break so many strings during his early days when he still performed. Mozart era pianos were more like plucked harpsichords and were tinny and after Beethoven they became the modern instruments that Chopin took to the next level....