导演:查尔斯·维多 乔治·库克
主演:德克·博加德 卡普西尼 吉内瓦维·佩吉
Inaconfusedwelterofartisticlicence,thisistheclassicalmusicbiopicwhichmakes'SongtoRemember'looklikeamasterpiece.BogardesucceedsindiminishingthereputationofthemusicalcolossuswhospannedEuropeanmusicformostofthe19thCentury.Theabsurditiesoftheplot,thesequoia-likequalityoftheactingandtheprevalenceofhistorical,musicalandlinguisticanachronismscombinetoelevatethisofferingtothestatusofanA1turkey.HowapianistofthestatureofBoletcametobemixedupinthisfiascocanonlybeguessedat.ThecharacterisationofLisztfailstoconveyevenaminuteimpressionofhismagneticpersonalityandtheoverwhelmingeffectthathehadonnotonlyhisaudiences,butalsohispianisticrivals.ClaraSchumannherselfsaidthat'wetoiloverthatwhichLisztreadsatsight!'Whilsttheemphasisseemstofocusonhisromanticprowess,ratherthanhisstatusasthegreatestpianistofthecenturyor,arguably,ofalltime,onefeels,nevertheless,thatthiswasanopportunitylost.