More about "Following the Ninth"

[susanwen]

Here is a preview of the forthcoming movie "Following the Ninth." They have not set a release date yet.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I90_deaEFus

- Susan

[Michael]

I wonder will it be shown on the Sky Arts channel, as they did with "In Search of Beethoven" (although they chopped it up into about five parts.)

[stude_ham]

Political Usurpation

I was appalled by the overtly propagandistic and highly uninformative nature of the film clip.

It appears that the originators of this flick are deliberately trying to ensare us in their particularly one sided political view of the world using the 9th as nothing more than feeble background music. This kind of thing was done in Clockwork Orange. In both cases, nothing of substance is actually learned about the 9th.

This doc is therefore nothing more than mere pretentious political commentary using Beethoven's work as background music.

[Michael]

What's wrong with showing the effect this symphony has had upon mankind?
If you want to learn about the music, put on a CD.