tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post2705365526334505528..comments2024-01-02T15:37:04.858-05:00Comments on Caravana de recuerdos: The 3 Penny OperaRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-48085572260183974002013-01-14T23:40:18.337-05:002013-01-14T23:40:18.337-05:00It's all about the amenities, Jill! On a rela...It's all about the amenities, Jill! On a related note, I have a friend who (true story) used to enjoy chiding me for eating "bourgeois cookies" whenever I opened up a bag of Pecan Sandies in his presence...Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-51286749815982780152013-01-14T23:33:57.583-05:002013-01-14T23:33:57.583-05:00Thanks for that interesting info, Bettina. Ironic...Thanks for that interesting info, Bettina. Ironically, a few specialists interviewed for the DVD special features claimed that while Pabst's adaptation of the play was much less biting in its anti-capitalism than the treatment Brecht had prepared, it was somehow a more successful critique because it was a) more focused than Brecht's attacks, and b) made more use of "the common man" than Brecht ever did. One of the speakers claimed that Brecht was a Marxist who only hung out with bohemians and not real working people, in fact!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-53584448045208950022013-01-13T06:56:37.477-05:002013-01-13T06:56:37.477-05:00I think you chose a good introduction to Brecht...I think you chose a good introduction to Brecht's work. The Threepenny Opera is more light-hearted than his other works, which are very in-your-face didactical, as in "AND THIS, VIEWER, IS THE MORAL OF THE STORY, AND JUST IN CASE I DIDN'T MAKE IT OBVIOUS ENOUGH ALREADY, I'M GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN" (if capitals had been used to indicate shouting at the time, Brecht would've used them in copious amounts). It can get quite tedious.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-88515641580780869832013-01-12T07:08:06.149-05:002013-01-12T07:08:06.149-05:00Yes, bourgeois living quarters! Isn't hypocri...Yes, bourgeois living quarters! Isn't hypocrisy the best? LOLrhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-30701554476870922442013-01-11T22:19:49.884-05:002013-01-11T22:19:49.884-05:00Tom, that's a "problem" that you sho...Tom, that's a "problem" that you should have fun addressing one of these days. <em>3 Penny</em> is more lighthearted in tone than either of the other two Pabst films I mentioned, but it's lighthearted in a curious way: comedic <em>and</em> cynical. Almost positive you'd enjoy it, of course.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-37899766366061929522013-01-11T22:11:24.235-05:002013-01-11T22:11:24.235-05:00Jill, wow, another fan of the theatrical piece! H...Jill, wow, another fan of the theatrical piece! Hope you enjoy the film version(s) once you get a chance to watch it/them (in return, I feel like I owe it to you all to watch the stage version of the work one of these days). Until then, congrats on finally getting wired in your new house where you can, presumably, now watch or listen to anti-capitalist critiques in the privacy of your own bourgeois living quarters 24 hours a day! :DRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-90184672853833533092013-01-11T22:04:41.249-05:002013-01-11T22:04:41.249-05:00I'd heard very little of Weill's music bef...I'd heard very little of Weill's music before, Stu, so this was a nice way to be introduced to him just as it was with Brecht in my reply to Séamus above. Hope you get that chance to put the faces to the pieces soon!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-29776997860083195872013-01-11T22:00:59.939-05:002013-01-11T22:00:59.939-05:00It really was a great start to my movie-watching t...It really was a great start to my movie-watching this year, Séamus: extremely rewarding and much, much wittier than I'd expected. I've never read any Brecht before, so it was interesting to be introduced to him through Pabst's filmmaking mediation. Anyway, happy reading to you!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-59872777966119192742013-01-11T21:55:35.419-05:002013-01-11T21:55:35.419-05:00My pleasure, Bettina! I should note, though, that...My pleasure, Bettina! I should note, though, that while the movie's undeniably great fun, at least one of the special features on the edition I own stresses that Pabst used significantly less music than Brecht & Weill did in their theatrical original. By the way, the DVD I have also comes with a French version of the movie that Pabst shot as well (apparently a common practice at the time for the international market).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01746599416342846897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-19713037899371828372013-01-11T14:11:05.979-05:002013-01-11T14:11:05.979-05:00My problem here is that I have never seen a Pabst ...My problem here is that I have never seen a Pabst movie, a big hole in my movie knowledge. Someday.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-47523483558861801192013-01-10T06:42:16.160-05:002013-01-10T06:42:16.160-05:00I am very excited (not only to be reconnected once...I am very excited (not only to be reconnected once again) but because I love this musical/opera (because who doesn't love critiques of capitalism?) and I didn't know it was available as a DVD. And now that we can actually use our dvd player, I can't wait to (try to) find it!rhapsodyinbookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07041412748239010264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-91994241308873428492013-01-09T16:07:57.273-05:002013-01-09T16:07:57.273-05:00I ve a album of weil music be nice to watch this a...I ve a album of weil music be nice to watch this and maybe put faces to the pieces ,all the best stuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-86580597971989729932013-01-09T14:16:45.564-05:002013-01-09T14:16:45.564-05:00Great start to 2013's CDV Film Festival. I hav...Great start to 2013's CDV Film Festival. I have been picking up The Threepenny Novel off my shelves a lot recently and may be tempted to read it soon. I am a big fan of the music and that won't be in the novel, I guess.Séamus Dugganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574186409184247059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1911087927983597831.post-43570632104478346562013-01-09T14:00:24.683-05:002013-01-09T14:00:24.683-05:00That sounds brilliant. I love the Threepenny Opera...That sounds brilliant. I love the Threepenny Opera and had no idea it was made into a film in the 30s. I have to see this, thanks for sharing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com