[The answer to a riddle and a perfect microcosm of the life of the Viennese musical genius, in 30 seconds...]
Hey Schubert!
What?
Coming down to the Bierkeller?
I haven't finished my symphony...
Come on! - a little Kronenberg will loosen your chords.
Now you struck the right note.
[Cut to Bierkeller]
Here Schubert - what about your Unfinished Symphony?
What about my unfinished Kronenberg, eh?
That was more enjoyable than most feature films I've seen recently.
ReplyDelete@Frank - It's a hoot, as well as deftly economical and tightly constructed.
ReplyDeleteFor my brother and I; this ad has long been a trope for the heavily-sign-posted standard Hollywood way of portraying history - on one hand vaguely idealized and romantic; on the other, aggressively common-sensical (who *wouldn't* choose to finish his lager, rather than a symphony? Eh?)