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Yet due to the fact that we would already invented the nature, she already existed and it used to be effortless to move her wish to do whatever, her wish to sing. She's conditioned through her affliction simply because illness units barriers on her and he or she cannot do what she particularly desires, even supposing hypothetically she will simply because she sings fantastically. So we brought this into Vkronique because the heroine's career, as her ardour. Vkronique is a movie approximately tune, too, in precept. Or approximately making a song, for example. every little thing used to be very conscientiously written down within the screenplay. the place the track may cross, what the song will be like, what the live performance will be like, the character of it and so forth. All this used to be conscientiously defined however the undeniable fact that it used to be defined did not fairly swap whatever simply because a composer has to return alongside, in spite of everything, and make whatever of what is been written in a literary language. how are you going to describe song? That it truly is attractive, for instance, chic? That it is memorable? That it truly is mysterious? you could write all this down however the composer's received to come back alongside and locate the notes. Then the musicians need to come alongside and play those notes. And all this, in any case, has to THE function F I L M S 179 remind you of what was once written down in literary language. And Zbigniew Preisner easily did it splendidly. Preisner is a phenomenal composer in that he is attracted to engaged on a movie correct from the start and never simply seeing the completed model after which puzzling over the right way to illustrate it with song. that is the rule, correct? You exhibit the composer your movie after which he fills the gaps with track. yet he could have a special technique. He can take into consideration the song correct from the beginning, approximately its dramatic functionality, in regards to the approach it's going to say anything that isn't there within the photo. you could describe anything which probably isn't really there at the real display yet which, including the track, starts off to exist. it really is fascinating - drawing out whatever which does not exist within the photograph on my own or within the song on my own. Combining the 2, a undeniable that means, a undeniable worth, anything which additionally determines a undeniable surroundings, without warning starts to exist. The american citizens shove track in from starting to finish. I consistently dreamt of creating a movie the place a symphony orchestra could play. the 1st time I controlled it used to be with Blind probability. I employed Wojciech Kilar. ahead of that, I often used ready-made song. The tune in From an evening Porter's perspective was once from Zanussi's movie Illumination (Illuminacja). Very attractive. however the track had already been written and that i easily took it and used it to demonstrate my movie. So, the 1st time I controlled to get an orchestra jointly used to be for Blind probability. Then the subsequent movie I made used to be with Preisner. That used to be No finish, and because then now we have consistently labored jointly. now we have simply made 3 shades jointly. the 1st of those 3 motion pictures, Blue (Niebieski),is tremendously musical, much more so than Vkronique. We used a few of Dante's poetry as lyrics to the song within the Double lifetime of Vkronique. That wasn't my inspiration; it used to be Preisner's proposal.