Schroeter: 6 Piano Sonatas

Advantages: Excellent physcological study of character.
Disadvantages: Grim, brutal, shocking scenes of a sexual nature.

...Haneke is well known for implementing the shock element into his films. He likes to leave his audience felling unsettled. Cinematography is brilliant with subdued colouring reflecting the drabness of Ericas life, and the greyness of the storyline. I have watched this film a few times now, and with each viewing I am stunned by the perfection of Isabelle Hupperts performance. Annie Girardot as the mother also gives a strong, convincing performance with the elements of smothering, and control in the right balance. In my opinion, I think this is a great film. It won many awards, and well deserved accolades. The Piano teacher has a very basic storyline,contains subtitles, and is very graphic in it's content, so it will not be to everyones taste. The musical score is brilliant throughout with the of sonatas Schuman, Schubert Bach... Read review

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Advantages: It is Sonata Arctica.......just
Disadvantages: Changed their style for this album, what a shame

...PRESENTLY LIVING IN: Pirkkala TRACK LISTINGS "In Black and White" − 5:03 "Paid in Full" − 4:24 "For the Sake of Revenge" − 3:23 "It Won't Fade" − 5:58 "Under Your Tree" − 5:14 "Caleb" − 6:16 "The Vice" − 4:08 "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare" − 6:13 "The Harvest" − 4:18 "To Create a Warlike Feel" − 5:03 "The Worlds Forgotten, the Words Forbidden" − 2:57 "Fly with the Black Swan" − 5:08 "Good Enough Is Good Enough" − 5:32 "They Follow" − 4:50 "Out in the Fields (Gary Moore cover)" − 4:06 "My Dream's but a Drop of Fuel for a Nightmare - Instrumental" − 7:11 MY OPINION I admit i may be being a little harsh, but i was disappointed quite by this album. The fact of the matter is that Sonata... Read review

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Advantages: A great film to watch, a very emotional film which is gripping to watch..
Disadvantages: none

...The film, The Piano, is a film that tells a story about a young woman’s journey from oppression to freedom. The main character, Ada McGrath (Holly Hunter), is sold off in marriage to marry Alisdair Stewart (Sam Neil) and is thus sent away from her home to New Zealand. She is accompanied by her 9 year old daughter, Flora (Anna Paquin) and her beloved piano. When Ada arrives on the beach of the New Zealand coast she is dressed in black dress and bonnet standing beside her beloved piano (her daughter on top), Ada provides a stark contrast with the vast backdrop of the crashing sea and grey skies. Ada has not spoken ever since her lover was killed by lightning. She communicates through her piano and sign language, understood by her daughter. The way in which she uses the piano reflects her mood in a very strong and clear manner... Read review

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