Seeing as
I’ll be bringing The Big Picture back
to New York on October 14th & 18th and to Europe in November, I thought I would share a few
thoughts on why I chose each of these particular films for this project that is
very special to me. In short, each of
the films chosen relates to Judaism (and therefore to my story) either directly
in terms of content or more philosophically in terms of sensibility. Both the
CD and the show start off with these two pieces of music:
1) Willkommen (from Cabaret)
I saw Cabaret when
it first came out, and was so moved both by Liza Minelli's performance and the
powerful message of the film that talks about the rise of Fascism in the early
30s. And of course, what better way to start a show (in this case The Big Picture) than by saying
"Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome!"
2) La Vita e Bella (from Life is Beautiful)
The theme for this
gorgeous movie really captures the innocence of childhood. For me it was
interesting to musically combine that sense of innocence in the theme with the
dark elements of the plot (ie. The
Holocaust) that are not brought out explicitly in the version of that music
that's used in the film.
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