Glóin the Dark

There are explicit choral references to a deity in his Symphony No. 8 (which begins and ends with the exhortation "Veni creator spiritus!", and in major chords too!), and also in No. 2.

Michael Finnissy Piano Concerto No. 4

Ha, I knew that would be your favourite. My boring choice is the one where he plays the Duck of Death.

I didn’t realise that Jared Harris was Richard Harris’s son. I see the resemblance now…

Which podcast was it, by the way?

Hoping to see it shortly.

You've probably already gathered that Enys Men is a very unusual film - not at all surprising that it isn't popular with general audiences. It has a non-narrative style comparable to the most abstract or surrealist films of, say, Nicolas Roeg or Alain Resnais.

Me.

Maybe my criterion is the one that’s out of sync, but I tend to discount things like festival screenings since they often happen a long time before very many people have a chance to see the film.

You mean the ones I mentioned? I think the latter two had festival screenings in 2022, but no proper release (to my knowledge…).

To hell with Barbenheimer. Bottomheimer is the double-bill of the year. The Blue Caftan and Enys Men are good too.

That was the joke!

I also haven’t seen it and have only myself to thank.

Here's to hoping it'll be better than 1992.

Just What Do You Think You Are Doing, Dave? is a great film.

There Will Be Blood > Oil

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang’s pretty good.

I hate the whole "love is an artefact of a higher dimension that we can't consciously perceive" stuff. It undermines the film fatally for me.

Unfortunately there wasn't anything as unintentionally hilarious as an astronaut having to explain to his pilot that the universe has three spatial dimensions.

It’s not three hours of talking about nuclear physics; there are about thirty seconds where they talk about black holes.

Did you see it at TIFF?

Crawford Seeger Music for Small Orchestra.

I don’t think Zimmer or Williams are known by the general public.

Why no (re-)score for this one?