Niccolo paganini prisoners movie

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This ain’t no Beethoven.

My first experience with the films of Bernard Rose came with his fascinating (if utterly fanciful) depiction of the life of Ludwig Beethoven in the dramatic romance film Immortal Beloved. As someone who appreciates a good arpeggio and a cracking concerto, Immortal Beloved quickly became one of my favorite guilty pleasure films – not the least thanks to a ripping performance by Gary Oldman as the maestro himself. The Devil’s Violinist, Rose’s second film to focus on a figure from the Classical Music genre, had a fair amount of inbuilt interest for me, with a starring role for real-life pop-culture violin artist sensation David Garrett (those unfamiliar should check the Tubes Of You for more!) and Rose’s previous cinematic appreciative success; for all the lack of promotion or even knowledge this film existed (I s

The movie was a cinematic biography of Niccolo Paganini, an Italian composer of the 19 century. The film centers on an excerpt from his life, concerning the man’s rise to fame, life in London, and the gradual decline of his career. At the beginning of the movie, the audience is informed that the main character has made a contract with the devil. His reckless behavior and womanizing nature bring misfortune to him and those around him, but the budding relationship the man has with the story’s love interest helps him reflect on his sins. One of the notable details about the production is its fantastical nature, and the steep exaggeration it uses to portray some of its characters. The motifs of supernatural powers and divine intervention are established early on and assist in contextualizing the behaviors and actions of the main character. The main point of the story is understandable if one were to suspend their disbelief. The setting of the movie changed throughout its runtime, but the majority of the film is set in London. Its misty streets and rowdy crowds amplify the feelings of both business and mystique.

The central point of the movie was a moral exploration of the main character.

Paganini was a talented artist, a prodigy, a genius that gave away his soul in exchange for recognition. The audience gets to see the consequences of his actions, the gritty, immoral life the man leads, the vices he indulges in daily. The film’s presentation makes the watcher question whether his existence is tainted by the devil’s influence, or is it just that the man was like this from the start. Various characters interact with him, play off of his nature, and bring a point of comparison to the protagonist. I think that the ultimate goal of the movie was to show the tragic existence of a