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Benjamin Britten - A Time There Was [2006]
from: Digital Classics DVD

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: Exempt
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5051083004282
Format: Classical, PAL
Label: Digital Classics DVD
Manufacturer: Digital Classics DVD
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Digital Classics DVD
Release Date: November 27, 2006
Running Time: 103 minutes
Studio: Digital Classics DVD
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Sales Rank: 53264

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Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - A MOVING DOCU - IF A LITTLE DATED NOW
It would be easy to dismiss this film, made within a few years of Britten's death, as a piece of uncritical hagiography. It starts with a memorable piece from Leonard Bernstein where he expands in his usual articulate way on the ever-present dark side in Britten's music - the `gears constantly clashing' as he describes it. But the film itself touches relatively little on that side of the composer. There's nothing here about his reprehensible tendency to cut close colleagues and friends out of his life the moment they expressed the least criticism or even just became superfluous to his needs (Britten's `corpses' as he himself called them): there's also nothing here about his always controlled but undeniable paedophilia, movingly explored ... Read More:


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Enthralling
With the exception of the first quarter of an hour (too much footage of Britten's elderly cousin), this is a a very rewarding piece of film making, documenting Britten's life with lots of footage of live performances and interviews with those who had been important in his life - ranging from those who had been personally close to him (his nurse in his last illness) through to musical colleagues and friendss - with interviews with Pears having rightful pride of place. Some wonderful footage of Pears as Peter grimes and captain vere - and a young joan baker.

Plenty about his major works - though surprisingly nothing about the War Requiem. (Nevertheless I found very interesting the insights into his and Pears's pacifism and its effect ... Read More:

 



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