简介: Based on an unknown Schönberg opera from 1929, From Today Until Tomorrow explores one night in a not-quite loveless marriage. A husband and wife return from a party where she has flirted with another man, while he has cast an appraising eye toward an attractive, fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wife’s. Though each dreams, briefly, of leaving the marriage for the excitement and mystery of a new lover, in the end they decide stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance. Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who previously collaborated on two other films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1968, and Moses and Aaron, 1975), rely on long fixed shots in austere black-and-white so that the focus remains on the musical brilliance of Schönberg’s atonal score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Schönberg would choose such a relatively lighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language remains a mystery, especially since the conclusion reached by the husband and wife—to stick with the tried and true—seems directly at odds with Schönberg’s own philosophy of composing. It is just this juxtaposition, however, coupled with Straub and Huillet’s faithful presentation, that makes the opera a compelling addition to the Schönberg canon—and the film such a challenging and intriguing experience.
斯蒂夫·古根伯格,布巴·史密斯,大卫格拉夫,迈克尔·温斯洛,Bruce Mahler,马里昂·拉姆塞,考林·加普,霍华德·海瑟曼,阿特·梅特拉诺,乔治·盖恩斯,博卡·格德斯维特,朱莉·布朗,Peter Van Norden,蒂姆·卡祖林斯基,艾德·赫利希,Sandy Ward,兰斯·金赛,乔治·R·罗伯逊,亚瑟拜坦德斯,杰姬·约瑟夫,Andrew Paris,詹妮弗·达林,Lucy Lee Flippin,贾森·赫维,戴安娜·贝拉米,朱莉·帕丽斯,Debra Dusay,Tim Haldeman,Bert