tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post4689698260902612880..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Bruges-la-MorteRay Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-11257911393233345752009-01-19T05:30:00.000-08:002009-01-19T05:30:00.000-08:00You must stop giving me so many YouTube distractio...You must stop giving me so many YouTube distractions! I can't get any work done (boo-hoo). I've already spent at least an hour (happily) trying to find a connection between Gilliam's other films and anything to do with Rodenbach -- with long detours into <em>Brazil</em>, and <em>Baron Munchausen</em> country (did not find a connection, but ... who cares?)<br><br>I did find the aria to be very beautiful, though the visuals made no sense to me (resisting urge to comment on the suggestiveness of the lady's army boots and the groveling man).Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-46732213799176036312009-01-19T07:10:00.000-08:002009-01-19T07:10:00.000-08:00the visuals made no sense to meIt appears to be a ...<i>the visuals made no sense to me</i><br><br>It appears to be a relentlessly literal interpretation of the scenario, which is nroamly just set in a drawing-room. He's depressed about his dead wife (hence wallowing around on the tombstone holding hands with the skeletal arm). She (<i>who, ominously, knowing how invariably these scenarios go Horribly Wrong, is dead wife's double</i>) thinks a nice song he requests will cheer him up. It doesn't.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-59068676036397289312009-01-20T18:17:00.000-08:002009-01-20T18:17:00.000-08:00the aria to be very beautifulThough I confess for ...<i>the aria to be very beautiful</i><br><br>Though I confess for some bizarre reason (maybe a dream I had) I've come to associate the tune to the section "Abend sinkt im Hag bist mir Licht und Tag" with the words "It's such a naughty thing, it's going up and down".Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-61606902162522057702009-01-21T03:48:00.000-08:002009-01-21T03:48:00.000-08:00[laughing]So, for you the piece is not only beauti...<em>[laughing]</em><br><br>So, for you the piece is not only beautiful, it is quite <em>moving</em>.Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-32436246454800484262009-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:002009-04-12T20:41:00.000-07:00Bruges-la-Morte is also the subject of a silent fi...Bruges-la-Morte is also the subject of a silent film adaptation, from the early teens I believe, of which I'm trying to track down the title. Ever run across it?Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12790067204257504742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-6688418455108018352009-04-12T20:48:00.000-07:002009-04-12T20:48:00.000-07:00Aha! The film is "Daydreams" by Yevgenii...Aha! The film is "Daydreams" by Yevgenii Bauer (1915).Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12790067204257504742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-11345217799353605562009-12-27T02:38:49.175-08:002009-12-27T02:38:49.175-08:00Bruges-la-Morte was also made into a movie in the ...Bruges-la-Morte was also made into a movie in the early 80s. I have seen it, but haven't been able to find it on DVD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com