Tag: Classical Music
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Fate and Prophecy From Greek Tragedy to “Hunter × Hunter”‘s Yorknew City Arc
In the Hunter × Hunter Yorknew City Arc, members of the extremely dangerous and powerful underground group, the Phantom Troupe, appear. One of the main characters, Kurapika, is driven by a fierce resolve to destroy the Troupe, who call themselves “spiders”, and tear off their limbs. The Troupe massacred his clan and stole their scarlet…
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In Klaus Kinski’s Words: Great Actor as a Violinist
If I was doing a movie that was really bad, I always realized that I had to play my role as good as possible when the camera was on me. The fact that the movie was total shit did not bother me. For example, let’s say that there’s a hand that is used to playing…
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In Ingmar Bergman’s Words: Music and Film: Image of Poetic and Musical Erotic
When we experience a film, we consciously prime ourselves for illusion. Putting aside will and intellect, we make way for it in our imagination. The sequence of pictures plays directly on our feelings. Music works in the same fashion; I would say that there is no art form that has so much in common with…
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Sins of the Father in the Melancholic Triumph “Manchester by the Sea”
A cynic would say that a razor blade should distributed alongside the DVD version of Manchester By The Sea, just like one music critic suggested regarding Leonard Cohen’s album Songs of Love and Hate. In that kind of reasoning there is a misunderstanding of the power of the melancholic experience when it is shown in…
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Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) “Blue Is the Coldest Color”
Three Colors: Blue came out half a year after the Maastricht Treaty was signed, transforming the European Community into the European Union. The film was supported by the Council of Europe, but mostly financed by the French. It celebrates the idea of the European unity and integration, but also the three principles of the French…
