Doc Sarvis
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I just came from a matinee of this movie with my family, and I loved it. While the movie will certainly create polarized opinions, I'm in the "love it" camp (but I also loved Thin Red Line).
Anyway, my post here is about the use of the opening arpeggio from Das Rheingold at several points during the film, including the opening in which we see the initial landing of the Jamestown colonists. It was incredibly effective; Wagner knew what he was doing when he created his mythical dawn of time with that music. The scene even features swimming Rhinemaidens! It's also featured at the end, in a poignant manner that left me in tears.
It's good to hear Wagner's music, free of its bad associations with the man and the misuse of his music, being used to convey its universal theme.
Anyway, my post here is about the use of the opening arpeggio from Das Rheingold at several points during the film, including the opening in which we see the initial landing of the Jamestown colonists. It was incredibly effective; Wagner knew what he was doing when he created his mythical dawn of time with that music. The scene even features swimming Rhinemaidens! It's also featured at the end, in a poignant manner that left me in tears.
It's good to hear Wagner's music, free of its bad associations with the man and the misuse of his music, being used to convey its universal theme.