Alfred Hitchcock's use of the Dies Ire as a theme in the soundtrack is also very telling. In the very beginning of the film, while Keller is walking away from the scene of the crime, a deep cello intones the ominous first notes of the Dies Ire. I can't remember exactly, but I believe as Fr. Logan has his "agony in the garden" while walking through the streets trying to decide what he should do, the same theme comes back in orchestral form and adds an emphasis to all of the images that are reminding Fr. Logan of Christ's sacrifice. Any Catholic watching this movie at the time would have recognized and understood the significance of this theme in the movie. This sequence is sung on All Soul's day and at every Funeral Mass because it reminds us of death, judgement, and Christ's suffering for our sins. Such an excellent movie! I would debate that it deserves to be in the top ten, but #13 is pretty good.
Very true! That musical motif is powerful in this film. Dies Irae has unfortunately become Hollywood musical shorthand for death since the release of <em>The Shining</em>, so it's not as powerful as it could be because it sometimes seems stale when divorced from its Catholic context. But this is well before <em>The Shining</em>, so I think it comes before it became a cliche.
Also, the list isn't ranked haha. We're just doing them as we feel like it or as it feels appropriate. The numbers are just to mark how far we've got.
Oh! That makes sense. It is actually really smart that you all aren't trying to rank them because it would cause too much debate and division among your audience. This way, we all just get to enjoy your articles and reviews.
Alfred Hitchcock's use of the Dies Ire as a theme in the soundtrack is also very telling. In the very beginning of the film, while Keller is walking away from the scene of the crime, a deep cello intones the ominous first notes of the Dies Ire. I can't remember exactly, but I believe as Fr. Logan has his "agony in the garden" while walking through the streets trying to decide what he should do, the same theme comes back in orchestral form and adds an emphasis to all of the images that are reminding Fr. Logan of Christ's sacrifice. Any Catholic watching this movie at the time would have recognized and understood the significance of this theme in the movie. This sequence is sung on All Soul's day and at every Funeral Mass because it reminds us of death, judgement, and Christ's suffering for our sins. Such an excellent movie! I would debate that it deserves to be in the top ten, but #13 is pretty good.
Very true! That musical motif is powerful in this film. Dies Irae has unfortunately become Hollywood musical shorthand for death since the release of <em>The Shining</em>, so it's not as powerful as it could be because it sometimes seems stale when divorced from its Catholic context. But this is well before <em>The Shining</em>, so I think it comes before it became a cliche.
Also, the list isn't ranked haha. We're just doing them as we feel like it or as it feels appropriate. The numbers are just to mark how far we've got.
Oh! That makes sense. It is actually really smart that you all aren't trying to rank them because it would cause too much debate and division among your audience. This way, we all just get to enjoy your articles and reviews.
I enjoyed this one recently. It did hold well to Catholic practices and how priests behave.