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Beethoven

posted 13 years ago by brujitabubabu
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I wonder what audience members thought about the end of the film and the
choice of Beethoven Sonata Op. 111 during the credits...

As usual there is almost no music during the movie, just a little bit.
All of a sudden, when Lorna has tried to save two lives (the junkie and
the baby) and escapes the Beethoven Arietta is heard during the credits.

I have the feeling that this is the only movie that has the Op. 111
as background music. It is not music meant for a movie, but it works
very well during the credits in THIS film!

Wonderful, just wonderful!

[–] ig7 13 years ago

As credit music, its quiet, hesitating start, seems entirely appropriate to Lorna's lonely and fragile mental state.

There were just a few opening bars of the arietta in the movie itself as Lorna laid down to sleep on the bench. It helps create sympathy for her remorseful and vulnerable condition in what was a utilitarian narrative.

The piano would be missed except that her final scenes alone are near silent except for her conversation with the foetus. The last 'music' before that was the birdsong heard in the woods as she collected firewood.

[–] brujitabubabu 13 years ago

Did you wait for the final credits?

That is when the Arietta fits, in my opinion. It is a performance by Alfred
Brendel and it lasts several minutes.

Many people walk out during the final credits but not me, and it was
a big surprise.

Do you know any other movies that have this music?
It would be very interesting to know that!

Happy New Year!