Music as a transmission of „inexpressibility” in The Double Life of Véronique by Krzysztof Kieslowski
In this article I try to interpret the music aspect of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s famous movie The Double Life of Véronique (1991, music: Z. Preisner). The director, whose works are full of allusions to music and generally to art, always paid special attention to the sound of his movies. The Double Life...
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| Language: | Polish |
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
2015-12-01
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| Series: | Przestrzenie Teorii |
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| Online Access: | http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/pt/article/view/4924 |
| Summary: | In this article I try to interpret the music aspect of Krzysztof Kieslowski’s famous movie The Double Life of Véronique (1991, music: Z. Preisner). The director, whose works are full of allusions to music and generally to art, always paid special attention to the sound of his movies. The Double Life of Véronique, though not the last “fruit” of the cooperation between Kieslowski and Zbigniew Preisner, is the best illustration of this fact. The musical elements permeate almost all aspects of this work, from the plot to the structure of the movie (the use of the leitmotif technique), and correspond closely to the action. The key importance of music is illustrated by a description of what I consider to be the film’s three most significant scenes: two from the “Polish” and one from the “French” part of this work. |
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| ISSN: | 1644-6763 2450-5765 |