Wagner as seen through the eyes of 16 film directors

Written By The Wagnerian on Monday, 28 January 2013 | 6:35:00 am

Wagner's music has been used many times in film and has in turn influenced, if nor created, film music. An idea discussed in some detail in . "Wagner and Cinema". What is perhaps must fascinating is how a different director will use Wagner's music to serve their own ends. Below is a brief selection. But we start, in our usual perverse manner, with a silent film; Luis Buñuel's 1928 Un Chien Andalou. And why a silent film? Because in 1960 Brunel added a sound track.