I only have a vague memory of this film from the one viewing I had as a youth back at the time it was released. I suppose the film itself was fine. There's no disagreement with other reviewers about it being romantic and pretty, and actually rather good in that respect. To what extent I sympathized with it was entirely a function of my situation at the time and is beside the point here. What has troubled me increasingly since then as I grew to appreciate Mozart better, is that the 2nd movement of K. 466 should become so singularly and indelibly attached in public to this film. Again, I have nothing against the theme being used here, and it may have been a good choice too. It's really nobody's fault, but Mozart's music, particularly a piece as great as this, must after all transcend and defy confinement to a particular vision such as that projected by Elvira Madigan.
Review of Elvira Madigan
