The Silence Before Bach (2007)
6.9(20)1h 42mDecember 21, 2007
Pere Portabella
Director
Pere Portabella, Carles Santos, Xavier Albertí
Writers
Rate
Diary
Overview
A beautiful, sometimes faintly bonkers celebration and contemplation of the role Bach’s music plays in the world today. Blending historical reconstruction with very loosely linked ‘dramatic’ scenes and documentary sequences, the film constitutes a playful, painterly sequence of variations on the argument that Johann Sebastian changed the way the world hears thanks to his extraordinary ear for harmony.
