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22 Sept 2020 Conversations with Tyler Alex Ross on Music, Culture, and Criticism
“There’s all kinds of problems with Lars von Trier because of his attitudes on various subjects, so it probably wouldn’t have been the ideal choice for Bayreuth at the moment.”
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- 22 Sept 2020
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…Why not? I’m not a fan of his use of the Tristan prelude in Melancholia, his apocalyptic, end-of-the-world movie. Another planet is about to collide with Earth, and you hear the prelude over and over again until it seems to wear itself out and become this kitsch object. Who knows? Maybe he would have done it brilliantly, but I’m just not the biggest enthusiast of his work in general. There’s all kinds of problems with Lars von Trier because of his attitudes on various subjects, so it probably wouldn’t have been the ideal choice for Bayreuth at the moment. What’s the best Orson Welles movie and why?…
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