Re: GG: Music and Movies

[Sheryl_Dold@mail.booksonline.com (Sheryl Dold)]

"I'd like to know if anyone can think of any
filmmaker's cinematic style whose approach is similar to the music of our
friend Mr. Gould."


What an interesting question.

My vote would be for the films of Krzysztof Kieslowki ("Bleu", "Blanc", Rouge" 
etc.) for the sense of a single mind controlling the interwoven threads of a 
complicated tapestry.



As to that Gould piano "thing" (what Payzant calls the aural "click"), I should 
think you would be more likely to find it in a black and white photo than in the 
swiftly moving images of film.  Perhaps Eisenstein would be the closest in terms 
of clear and striking visual imagery? Or B/W Bergman?
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Subject: GG: Music and Movies
From:    "Peters/Podlesnik" <veronese@jerseycape.com> at Internet
Date:    7/28/97  3:02 AM

Hi:

Last year about this time, I asked members to think of painter's works that
bear similarities to GG's recordings. Well, in keeping with my annual
contribution to the list, I'd like to know if anyone can think of any
filmmaker's cinematic style whose approach is similar to the music of our
friend Mr. Gould. (Comparing films to music may in fact be a more
interesting game, due to the similarity in temporal presentation, rather
than finding links between painting and music. Perhaps not. I'm still not
settled on this.) Anyhow, how would one begin to draw comparisons? Would we
be looking at subject matter? Content? Editing style? Mise en scene? 

I'm still trying to find filmmakers of comparison, myself. Do we look to
director George Roy Hill for his 'Slaughterhouse-Five'? Or to director
Robin Phillips, maker of the Canadian film 'The Wars'? What about the many
films Monsaingeon made in consort with GG? Are there other films out there,
among the thousands, that share aspects of GG's recordings? Open ended
question, I know.

Regards,

Joseph Podlesnik

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