简介: “The Silence before Bach” is an approach to music and the trades and subjects that surround it through Bach’s works. A look at the profound dramaturgic relationship between image and music where the latter is not merely conceived as subsidiary to the image but as a subject of the narration in its own right. The film springs from a previously defined musical structure. The soundtrack feeds on works by J.S Bach and two of Felix Mendelssohn’s sonatas to create an architectural vault beneath which the story of the film unfolds ; a promenade through the XVIIIth, XIXth and XXIth centuries led by the hand of J.S. Bach.
简介: 拍卖会上,文森特·凡高(蒂姆·罗斯 Tim Roth 饰)的名作《向日葵》的标价逐渐增高,最后固定在一个天文数字上。在世人热烈追捧凡高的艺术时,有谁会想到提奥(保罗·里斯 Paul Rhys 饰)这样一个名字呢?本片讲述了凡高与他的弟弟提奥之间的故事。凡高一生为贫穷所困,画入心魔的他为了坚持自己的艺术,不得不靠着弟弟提奥的救济。在凡高看来,他只能把自己献给画布和色彩,其它的生活烦扰应该由弟弟来解决,因为他把自己的作品全部给了提奥。提奥热爱和尊敬哥哥的艺术,虽然自己也并不是很富裕,但是他心甘情愿地去支援哥哥,在凡高每次遇到经济问题,甚至情感问题,他都会及时给予无私的帮助。可以说,没有提奥,这世上根本也不会有凡高。凡高生前只卖出过一副画,他死于对绘画的癫狂,对提奥的愧疚。凡高自杀后,伤心绝望的提奥很快也撒手人寰。兄弟俩都不曾有机会来享受天价凡高艺术所带来的成就,只能留待世人传颂。