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Mahler
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by Homevision
Sales Rank: 11308
Price: $19.95
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Ken Russell's (<I>Women in Love</I>, <I>Tommy</I>, <I>Crimes of Passion</I>) <I>Mahler</I> is a dazzling depiction of Gustav Mahler's tormented life. The maverick director, who revolutionized the film biography, blends history and psychological analysis for a fascinating study of art and sensuality. Equally brilliant and disturbing flashbacks and dream sequences chronicle the turn-of-the-century Austrian composer's turbulent marriage, passionate affairs, and rejection of Judaism. Viewers will revel in Mahler's stirring music, the exquisite cinematography and lavish sets, and characteristic Russellian extremes (including an anachronistic reference to Nazis). The superb cast is led by Robert Powell as the musician consumed with ambition and Georgina Hale as the woman shadowed by his genius.
Viewer Reviews
Please ignore all other reviews of this VHS to date (Jan 8, 2008). The reviews I've read must be of a different product. This is not a movie about Mahler, but a filming of a performance of his symphony no. 7 as conducted by Leonard Bernstein and performed by the Vienna Philharmonic (Wiener Philharmoniker). All 5 movements. I own most of this series on VHS. If you are a fan of Mahler and of Bernstein as I am, I think you will really enjoy this. I'm not sure if this has been put out on DVD, but the filming of the orchestra is very musical.
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