The silence before bach
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The long-awaited new film from former Bunuel
producer and visionary director Pere
Portabella, one of the world's most
distinctive and original film voices, "The
Silence Before Bach" is a true wonder.
"Bach's music is the only thing that reminds
us the world is not a failure," says a
character in the film. Portabella, taking
Bach's music as a theme and a starting
place, but taking it on the road, both
literally (two Spanish truckdrivers discuss
its fine points; a group of several dozen
young cellists play rapturous Bach on a
subway car they appear to have taken over)
and otherwise (as Portabella recreates the
composer's life—sort of; the film opens with
a player piano moving of seemingly its own
accord through a bare art gallery, really
dancing a pas de deux with Portabella's
camera.) The music is as glorious as the
cinematic art; the film's meanings open and
perhaps even profound. |
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From the Pere Portabella film, "The Silence
Before Bach"
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From the Pere Portabella film, "The Silence
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From the Pere Portabella film, "The Silence
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Film director Pere Portabella
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