Tag: opera
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The Flying Dutchman
East Germany’s most ambitious film project. There is no other film quite like The Flying Dutchman (Der Fliegende Holländer). Part opera, part experimental sound collage, and part avant-garde cinema, it’s a surrealistic take on Wagner’s opera that pushed the boundaries of filmmaking on both sides of the border. Although there were silent films that used Wagner’s…
Jim Morton 