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this is one of my favorite threads: Classical music and the Evil Guys who love
it.
But Captain
Nemo (few people know his first name was Larry) isn't a typical example. He
wasn't evil. Weapons merchants and slavers -- truly depraved monsters -- had
murdered Nemo's wife and children to force him to work for them. He had escaped,
built the Nautilus, and now roamed the seas to rid the world of these fiendish
slavers and all vessels of war. He was a man obsessed with well-deserved
vengeance, and with justice, and a harsh vision of a world which he would
violently purge of war and slavery. He died with the respect and admiration of
the scientist who tried to soften his embittered conscience, Professor
Arronax.
When Nemo plays Bach on the organ, his
is a sensitive, tormented soul seeking humanity and true salvation and beauty in
Bach's music. These other movie geeks -- well, I'll have a bit to say about the
very different messages in their music maybe tomorrow, but I'm slipping into a
deep coma right now.
Elmer
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