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I watched AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD today, and that reminded me that this film is an absolutely perfect example of great music used with restraint so that the absence of music in key moments provides equally great contrasting highlights.

I love when the absence of music is used in modern films. I love the quiet that helps the viewer focus on word and image, where necessary. THE GODFATHER, so noted for its great music, actually employs the absence of music often to underscore other things. Love it. Watching older movies, I...