Clip joint: Beethoven's ninth symphony

Some of the best onscreen uses of everyone's favourite bombastic orchestral classicAdam Scovell is a writer and film-maker who runs celluloidwickerman.comIn his ninth symphony, Beethoven put all of humanity into a piece of art. The fire, the madness, the sheer audacity was there for all to behold. In film history, many directors have used movements of the piece to subvert or comment on the realities they create.A Clockwork OrangeMusic in Kubrick's film is interesting for its importance in the na...

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