The Sound of Musicin Comparison to the First Films.

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The Sound of Music in Comparison to the First Films.

The sound of music (1965) film was an exceptional production by the fox studios at the time. It was based on the baroness Maria von Trapp autobiography (the von Trapp family singers) about the exploits if the family and their 1938 escape from the Nazis in Austria. The award winning Julie Andrews of the Mary Poppins (1964) film was the star of this movie too. It got many nominations along the way such as: best director and picture, Robert wise, best sound and screen, Irwin Kost, best supporting actress Peggy wood and many others.

Just like most films of the Weimar era of the Nazi, it was based on story telling. Most of the films of the time took a leaf from the model expressed by the great German film directors. Story telling was the most compelling factor to use so as to get the targeted audience at the time. In this way, The Sound Of Music (1965) followed the trend of most German films such as The Laugh (1924) Murnai, and the French cinema's The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928).

During the early cinematography times, uniform was one of the most highly recognizable items in many European countries. For example in The Last Laugh, Emile Janning a porter at the posh hotel impressed his neighbors because of his uniform. He unfortunately was demoted to a lavatory attendant due to age and stripped of his uniform which was emotionally demoralizing. Similarly Captain von Trapp has the same respect and pride for the uniform. He had his whole family fully dressed as a rule. The concept of pride and respect in uniforms in Europe is thus transferred to The Sound of Music too; the nuns at the abbey, the captain's children and the Nazi soldiers.
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The sound of music was also a great reflection of Freitz Lang's remarkable creativity in production of films which he used to restore humanitarian sense to the people. The Nazi creation as reflected in this movie was the just similar to Lang's way of production and writing. In the sound of music, the producer Robert Wisei tried to bring relaxation and harmony back to the screens of the Austrians in this fashion. In this way, the Austrians were also able to realize that their patriotic sense had not been forgotten and thus relax from the thoughts of the ...

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