Re: Gouldian moments in recent film

["Robert C. Kunath" <kunath@hilltop.ic.edu>]

Dear Rohan,

	In the film, I believe the performance is NOT by Gould, but, in the book,
Dr. Lecter is quite specific about asking for Glenn Gould performances
(which makes one wonder a bit why the film didn't use Gould--probably
cheaper not to, I expect).

Robert

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> From: Rohan Masilamani <romasi@leland.Stanford.EDU>
> To: f_minor@email.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Gouldian moments in recent film
> Date: Tuesday, September 02, 1997 11:11 AM
> 
> 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
> 
>