Review of Copying Beethoven (2006) by Robertk. — 24 May 2007
If you love music and yearn for a movie that tries to capture some of the mystery and power of creative genius, you'll be willing to forgive this movie for the wince-inducing anachronisms. at the start.
Once the movie starts to focus on music and the price that genius has to pay, it really starts to work. The sequnce with the Ninth is very fine, but I was even more touched by the scene of Beethoven dictating the unearthly "Heiliger Dankgesang" from his A-minor string quartet (Op.
132). Lovers of the visual arts should listen to the director's comments about the art that inspired the final scene.
This review of Copying Beethoven (2006) was written by Robertk. on 24 May 2007.
Copying Beethoven has generally received positive reviews.
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