Hitchcock and Von Trier:
the Operatic Melancholia in Cinema
Hitchcock and Von Trier:
the Operatic Melancholia in Cinema
Author(s): Wojciech WieczorekSubject(s): Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: Herrmann; Melancholia; Music; Wagner; Vertigo;
Summary/Abstract: The paper examines the usage of Richard Wagner’s operatic inventions in 20th and 21st-century cinema and its representation of melancholia and love. The text describes thephilosophical ideas that drove Wagner to create Tristan and Isolde and new means ofmusical expression, which were later used in film music. The first part discusses the use ofWagner’s music in 2011 Melancholia, while the latter studies his influence on BernardHerrmann’s score for Vertigo.
Journal: Estetyka i Krytyka
- Issue Year: 66/2022
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 83-96
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English
