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  1. David_B_K

    Movies You Changed Your Mind About

    Mahler is an acquired taste, or at least he was for me. One of my roommates in college (mid-70's) was into Mahler. I had only been listening to classical music for about a year. I already had Bruno Walter's LP of Mahler's 9th, which I liked. It was an accessible, tragic work about impending...
  2. David_B_K

    Movies You Changed Your Mind About

    I also played the soundtrack quite a bit. Film soundtracks in general were instrumental in developing my interest in classical music. But 2001 featured actual classical music. I also had the soundtrack to the film The Music Lovers, which was made up of Tchaikovsky excerpts. So, one day, I went...
  3. David_B_K

    Movies You Changed Your Mind About

    I wish that were the story hole. No, to me the story hole in 2001 is that the story isn't really the story. The real story is "man making evolutionary leaps". I love the effects which still look great to my eye. But I find the fetus floating in space to the stirring sounds of Richard Strauss'...
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