Post by divtal on Jul 12, 2017 22:00:51 GMT
(Note: I would like to thank London777, for reminding me that I had The Red Violin recommended to me, some months ago, but had forgotten the recommendation. I watched it, a couple of nights ago ... and, ordered the remastered version for my library.)
I'm going to add The Red Shoes to the list. While the film's focus is on dance, in involves great conflict between the passion between the individual arts of dance and music composition. There is the obvious love interest between dancer and composer, and their passions for their "callings." But, I find a deeper emotional conflict within ballet master Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). He says that, for him, ballet is "a religion." Yet, he emphasizes, to the dancers, "nothing matters, but the music!" It's a tragic undoing.
I'm going to add The Red Shoes to the list. While the film's focus is on dance, in involves great conflict between the passion between the individual arts of dance and music composition. There is the obvious love interest between dancer and composer, and their passions for their "callings." But, I find a deeper emotional conflict within ballet master Lermontov (Anton Walbrook). He says that, for him, ballet is "a religion." Yet, he emphasizes, to the dancers, "nothing matters, but the music!" It's a tragic undoing.