Frederick the Great, Discussion Post 23

[cahn]

aaaaaand it's time for a new discussion post! :D (you guys are so fast!)

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Re: Mein Name ist Bach Revisited: Screencaps 2

[cahn]

Awwww, Amalie.

I laughed at Voltaire showing up, though! He looks rather hilarious (just in terms of the expression on his face). And like mildred said his nose is great!

Re: Mein Name ist Bach Revisited: Screencaps 2

[selenak]

The Voltaire cameo at the very end of the film is hilarious, though not without dark subtext, as one of the themes is that Fritz, much as his longing for art and artists is real, can't help fucking these relationships up by being a despot (and a badly damaged by FW human being); earlier in the movie, he tells Bach he's expecting Voltaire and that he'll squeeze him like an orange etc., and one of the things Bach later says when declining to stay is that he'd rather not be squeezed like an orange. (Mind you, Bach didn't need the Voltaire quote to get that impression; there's son Carl Emmanuel, whose entry scene in the movie is like this:

Emmanuel: Your majesty, since I've just become a father, and I know you don't give bonuses for free, I thought I'd compose something special so you can pay me for that and I have some more money for the wife & kid?

Fritz: Yeah, no. Did I commission a composition? I did not. See you at the next concert.