Re: Gouldian moments in recent film

[Rohan Masilamani <romasi@leland.Stanford.EDU>]

hello--

>Anyone remember that at the beginning of "The English Patient" (I
>know...not THAT movie again, but I couldn't help mentioning) Juliette
>Binoche's character Hana played, I believe,the aria and the first variation
>of the Goldbergs in the ruined Italian villa, thereby summoning frantic
>'sappers' who thought there might be a bomb in the piano?  Did anyone else
>notice Hana was Canadian?

what a coincidence, veronica! i was just about to mention that. since we're
on the subject, i recently saw "silence of the lambs" for the first time. in
the scene where hannibal lector makes his escape from the jail, they have
the "aria" from the goldberg variations playing in the background. just on a
lark, does anybody know if it's gould playing? the texture of the recording
used isn't that dissimilar from GG's. 

cheers,
rohan




Rohan James Masilamani, Metaphor-At-Large
Class of 2000, Stanford University
romasi@leland.stanford.edu
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~romasi