Some of the greatest pieces of music were produced before lyrics were ever a notable add on to their sounds. This is one very good reason why these pieces are kept around, because they work so much on emotion, feelings, and the underlying drives and passions that fuel human nature. This is why Clair de Lune, though written and composed in 1890, is still to this day one of the favored instrumental pieces for filmmakers to include in their creations. When you need emotion to come through without the necessity of lyrics, then a piece such as this is what
The Best Uses of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” in Movies...
The Best Uses of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” in Movies...
- 6/28/2017
- by Wake
- TVovermind.com
Last Week’S Review: ‘Dissonance Theory’ Knows This is No Longer A Game
Diagnostic Report
The bulk of the action of “Contrapasso” focuses on Dolores, Logan and William in Pariah, which (if you ask Aeden, Discover Westworld’s virtual host) is “the gateway to ultimate danger and sin in Westworld. The delicious orgy of decadence that awaits you is beyond any indulgence you’ve ever experienced.” There, they meet the famed criminal El Lazo, who turns out to be The Man in Black’s favorite punching bag Lawrence, and get caught up in a nitroglycerin robbery that goes south when El Lazo double-crosses the former confederate soldiers who asked for the theft.
Theoretically, it seems like a pretty straightforward day in Westworld, except something is lurking inside Dolores, and she now almost seems in direct communication with it, seeing visions and hearing voices that continue to push her towards the maze that promises real answers.
Diagnostic Report
The bulk of the action of “Contrapasso” focuses on Dolores, Logan and William in Pariah, which (if you ask Aeden, Discover Westworld’s virtual host) is “the gateway to ultimate danger and sin in Westworld. The delicious orgy of decadence that awaits you is beyond any indulgence you’ve ever experienced.” There, they meet the famed criminal El Lazo, who turns out to be The Man in Black’s favorite punching bag Lawrence, and get caught up in a nitroglycerin robbery that goes south when El Lazo double-crosses the former confederate soldiers who asked for the theft.
Theoretically, it seems like a pretty straightforward day in Westworld, except something is lurking inside Dolores, and she now almost seems in direct communication with it, seeing visions and hearing voices that continue to push her towards the maze that promises real answers.
- 10/31/2016
- by Liz Shannon Miller
- Indiewire
A review of tonight's Westworld coming up just as soon as my humanity is cost-effective... "You said people come here to change the story of their lives. I imagined a story where I didn't have to be the damsel." -Dolores For the last few reviews, I've segregated out discussion of a particular fan theory so that it came at the very end of the review, the better to spare anyone who hadn't yet heard it and would rather not know in the event it turned out to be correct. This week, I can't do that — not just because "Contrapasso" offered by far the biggest support yet that some version of the theory is right, but because it's impossible for me to discuss my concerns about the episode, and the series to date, outside the context of the theory. If you've managed to avoid it thus far and don't want to know,...
- 10/31/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
1. William Parker: For Those Who Are, Still (Aum Fidelity/Centering)
I have been an admirer and observer of William Parker for a quarter century, but nothing prepared me for the impact of this three-disc set's final CD, which features an orchestral composition, Ceremonies for Those Who Are Still, which ranks high among the best orchestral music of the 21st century, and I'm including classical composers. In other words, don't cringe while imagining the usual jazz-with-strings hack job. There are moments in Ceremonies for Those Who Are Still -- particularly when the choir is singing Parker's poems of life and loss and creation -- when the grandeur of the year's most fashionable jazz album, Kamasi Washington's The Epic (also a three-cd set) comes to mind, but the difference -- the reason Parker's set ranks much higher -- is that his orchestrations are vastly more contrapuntal, colorful, individual, and just plain daring.
I have been an admirer and observer of William Parker for a quarter century, but nothing prepared me for the impact of this three-disc set's final CD, which features an orchestral composition, Ceremonies for Those Who Are Still, which ranks high among the best orchestral music of the 21st century, and I'm including classical composers. In other words, don't cringe while imagining the usual jazz-with-strings hack job. There are moments in Ceremonies for Those Who Are Still -- particularly when the choir is singing Parker's poems of life and loss and creation -- when the grandeur of the year's most fashionable jazz album, Kamasi Washington's The Epic (also a three-cd set) comes to mind, but the difference -- the reason Parker's set ranks much higher -- is that his orchestrations are vastly more contrapuntal, colorful, individual, and just plain daring.
- 1/3/2016
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
Lydia Hearst on Tara Subkoff at #Horror premiere: "She has such an incredibly beautiful vision." Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
At the Museum of Modern Art première of Tara Subkoff's sharp-witted #Horror, Timothy Hutton spoke to me about the art (curated by Urs Fischer) and parenting, and Lydia Hearst made a Drew Barrymore out of Wes Craven's Scream comparison, as Chloë Sevigny, Balthazar Getty, Taryn Manning, Stella Schnabel, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Natasha Lyonne, Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry, Blue Lindeberg, Mina Sundwall and Emma Adler walked the red carpet.
Wes Anderson favorite Waris Ahluwalia (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) confided to me that Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects and House Of 1000 Corpses are the two horror films he loves and at the Players Club after party confirmed he now has three.
Timothy Hutton: "The cyberbullying is what the movie is about.
At the Museum of Modern Art première of Tara Subkoff's sharp-witted #Horror, Timothy Hutton spoke to me about the art (curated by Urs Fischer) and parenting, and Lydia Hearst made a Drew Barrymore out of Wes Craven's Scream comparison, as Chloë Sevigny, Balthazar Getty, Taryn Manning, Stella Schnabel, Annabelle Dexter-Jones, Natasha Lyonne, Sadie Seelert, Haley Murphy, Bridget McGarry, Blue Lindeberg, Mina Sundwall and Emma Adler walked the red carpet.
Wes Anderson favorite Waris Ahluwalia (The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) confided to me that Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects and House Of 1000 Corpses are the two horror films he loves and at the Players Club after party confirmed he now has three.
Timothy Hutton: "The cyberbullying is what the movie is about.
- 11/22/2015
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"Fantasia" wasn't a huge hit when it was first released 75 years ago (on November 13, 1940).
Since then, however, over the course of multiple re-releases, the Disney feature has earned a reputation as a masterpiece for its blend of lushly recorded classical music and dazzling Technicolor animation. It eventually became a huge success in both theaters and on home video and spawned several sequels and spinoffs, not to mention parodies by other studios.
Still, as many times as you've enjoyed the ballet-dancing hippos or Mickey Mouse's botched attempt at using magic to shirk drudgery, there's a lot you may not know about "Fantasia." Read on, and watch out for those magic mushrooms.
1. The germ of the film began when Walt Disney bumped into legendary Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski (pictured) outside Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood. Disney told Stokowski of his idea to make one of his trademark "Silly Symphony" shorts out...
Since then, however, over the course of multiple re-releases, the Disney feature has earned a reputation as a masterpiece for its blend of lushly recorded classical music and dazzling Technicolor animation. It eventually became a huge success in both theaters and on home video and spawned several sequels and spinoffs, not to mention parodies by other studios.
Still, as many times as you've enjoyed the ballet-dancing hippos or Mickey Mouse's botched attempt at using magic to shirk drudgery, there's a lot you may not know about "Fantasia." Read on, and watch out for those magic mushrooms.
1. The germ of the film began when Walt Disney bumped into legendary Philadelphia Orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski (pictured) outside Chasen's restaurant in Hollywood. Disney told Stokowski of his idea to make one of his trademark "Silly Symphony" shorts out...
- 11/12/2015
- by Gary Susman
- Moviefone
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