The featured releases section will show cover art and provide some additional information. Bruckner arrives at a rest home to be greeted by hansel and gretel, the two nurses. Even if we did know exactly what this motif, and that crescendo meant to bruckner, a twentyfirst century musician would. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Music profile for anton bruckner, born 4 september 1824.
It was written and directed by tom dicillo and narrated by johnny depp. This one has been transferred from a slightly offcentre lp pressing noticeable, alas, mostly at the start of the adagio and some other sustained brass passages, and a worn one, the noise reduction function has been overused, enough to destroy all atmosphere whatsoever the surviving acoustic is as near to an anechoic chamber as you can. Richmond hills rating of the film the strange affliction of anton bruckner a somewhat intimate approach probably budgetary constraints to a composer of the sweepingly grandiose. Anton bruckner born ansfelden, austria, 4 september 1824.
The movie begins with bruckner arriving at a country home where a man and a woman in a nurses uniform await him. Anton bruckner 18241896 the strange affliction of anton bruckner. Information and translations of anton bruckner in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web. When youre strange is a 2009 music documentary film about the american rock band the doors.
The thoughts and ideas that inspired bruckner to compose these pieces may forever be a mystery. The strange affliction of anton bruckner tv movie 1990 7. The strange affliction of anton bruckner is a 1990 film directed by ken russell. Although bruckner wrote a great deal of sacred choral music including not only his grandly conceived mass no. Anton bruckner help info 4 september 1824 11 october 1896 was an austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. Russell goes off the boil in the 90s, and thats true, but the strange affliction of anton bruckner is a gem that deserves to stand tall with the films he produced. The strange affliction of anton bruckner tv movie 1990. With peter mackriel, catherine neilson, carsten norgaard. Static in places, the film nevertheless plies its narrow trajectory with compassion and understanding. This is a list of composers whose lives and works inspired complete films and tv. The strange affliction of anton bruckner 1990 tweet.
The strange affliction of anton bruckner regarder des films avec soustitres francais gratuitement. This film by ken russell deals with bruckners obsession with counting. The strange affliction of anton bruckner 1990 mubi. Bfi southbank purchases online community guidelines cookies and privacy. He counts everything around him ceaselessly and has been packed off to a late 19th century sanatorium for a. Sally mcbrahmsfan made the traumatic mistake of attending a concert that featured a symphony by anton bruckner. Anton bruckner 4 september 1824 11 october 1896 was an austrian composer known for his symphonies, masses, and motets. Find anton bruckner composition information on allmusic. The strange affliction of anton bruckner tv movie 1990 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The strange affliction of anton bruckner 1990 directed by ken. The eternal student the symphonies of anton joseph bruckner 18241896 unlike most great masters, anton bruckner developed his skills slowly. The strange affliction mentioned in the title is an obsession with numbers.
The strange affliction of anton bruckner ken russell, 1990. The life of austrian composer anton bruckner and his numeromania. Anton bruckner the collection by bruckner, anton on cd. The strange affliction of anton bruckner a film by ken russell 1990. Dramatisation of the life of composer anton bruckner. Anton bruckner was born in ansfelden then a village, now a suburb of linz on 4 september 1824. Florian and continued his affection to the canons regular by exerting the job of a teacher and an organist at the monastery 18501855. In ken russells brilliant television film the strange affliction of anton bruckner 1990, excerpts from the composers symphonies, string quartet, and te deum underscore this poetic drama about. Ken russells tv movie the strange affliction of anton bruckner, starring peter mackriel, also fictionalizes bruckners reallife stay at a sanatorium because of obsessivecompulsive disorder or numeromania as it was then described. Ken russell celebrated his and my eccentric musical obsessions. The strange affliction is bruckners obsession with numbers.
The performances are all in stereo and were recorded from 195777 with german orchestras the bamberg symphony orchestra and southwest german. Bruckners father was an organist and schoolmaster in a small village in austria. Reverbnation is not affiliated with those trademark owners. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. The film begins with the bands formation in 1965, its development over the next two years, release of their debut album and subsequent albums and jim morrisons use of alcohol and drugs and subsequent death in paris in july 1971. The strange affliction of anton bruckner directed by ken russell. I was somewhat ambivalent about staying for the second half, she recalls, especially after legendary violinist gave a great reading of obscure 20th. Classical net article bruckner the eternal student. The ancestors of bruckners family were farmers and craftsmen. He counts everything around him ceaselessly and has been packed off to a late 19th century sanatorium for a treatment of cold baths and tlc. Somebody may have already posted this, but i wanted to let people know that the strange affliction of anton bruckner is available to view on youtube. Catherine neilson is totally delicious as the nurse and i am totally in love with her. Publication date 20910 topics locus iste, anton bruckner. Watch the strange affliction of anton bruckner tv movie.
Indeed, had his life been as brief as mozarts, bruckner would be an obscure composer with a total of six relatively immature compositions to his credit four masses and two requiems. Overleden os justi bruckner wikipedia, the free encyclopedia os justi the mouth of the righteous, wab 30, is a sacred motet composed by anton bruckner in 1879. Willem dafoe, sissy spacek, james coburn, nick nolte. The first are considered emblematic of the final stage of austrogerman romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and considerable length. I could hardly believe it when, after making his bruckner film in 1990, the strange affliction of anton bruckner a study of the austrian. He has counted the spokes and the rotations of the wheel and tells his new acquaintances. Anton bruckner and national socialism music and ideas. The strange affliction of anton bruckner 1990 01011990 gb 50m user score. Among these religious works, he composed seven masses, two requiems, and sketched two other masses and another requiem the three early masses, composed between 1842 and 1844 during bruckners stay in windhaag and kronstorf, were short austrian landmessen country masses for use in local churches. Psalm berliner philharmonikereugen jochum, and symphony no. Ken russell calls anton bruckner a simple man with complex music his. Russell portrays bruckner as something like an obsessive compulsive.
Regardez affliction streaming complet vf streamingvf. There is an area of featured releases and the complete listing of new and upcoming releases. His symphonies are considered emblematic of the final stage of austrogerman romanticism because of their rich harmonic language, strongly polyphonic character, and. The strange affliction of anton bruckner wikipedia. Ken russell calls anton bruckner a simple man with complex music his symphonies needed so many players they were rarely performed. The strange affliction of anton bruckner tv movie 1990 imdb.
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