THE QUIET STRENGTH

Film is a visual art, music is a musical art.
How to explain that the 63 minutes of music that perfectly supported the 146 minutes of masterpiece from 1943 to 1944 are as exciting on CD? I do not know. I 'appreciate little that Waxman Richard Strauss presented as his master.
Best seller, snatched from the jaws of Selznick, was to be shot in color. Bette Davis claimed Vincent Sherman, she had to push to alcoholism during filming and adultery ("it is a way to solve your problem," said Mrs. Sherman).
Bette Davis should not be consumed in too high doses. The homage of the Cinematheque had offered the version of 127 minutes,
a convincing half.
The Region 1 DVDs, complete, has a flawless perfection with a fantastic picture of Ernest Haller, and demonstrates the dramatic genius of Claude Rains.
We should abandon the systematic cult directors to return to the studios.

Waxman is appreciated for many years, with extensive discography. MARCO POLO / NAXOS and VARESE SARABANDE (more expensive)
offer accurate interpretations of superbes.OBJECTIVE scores, BURMA! is especially noteworthy.