"When the dog bites, when the bee stings", I simply remember that Julie Andrews song in The Sound of Music, and then I don’t feel so bad. Because this grim weather has lasted far too long over the Parisian sky from under which where we are dropping these few lines, we thought a little musical tune might cheer you movie fans out there as well.
This musical post is dedicated to two Oscar winners and prolific composers: Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers. The lyrics for "My Favourite things" which first appeared in the 1965 musical were written by Oscar Hammerstein II. The music was composed by Richard Rodgers, to whom we owe more than 500 titles among which the soundtrack of L.A. Confidential. Both composers have since then worked together on many soundtracks including that of American Beauty, Moulin Rouge, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
And now the bummer version of the song, (because the weather forecast is not looking any better), by the self-proclaimed best director of all times: Lars Von Trier. His talent of turning anything joyful into the most depressing theme is remarkably rendered here in a scene from the very traumatizing musical drama Dancer in the Dark.
Blind Björk is waiting in her cell for a dooming death sentence, the only comforting thing to her being the sound of music she hears through the wall...
Viddy Well,
E.D.
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