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#1 Mme. Hermine

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 02:23 AM

Love the theme music for the beginning of this classic film -



#2 Mme. Hermine

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 03:41 AM

This YT clip does show the title screen for the film and Swan Lake is the theme, though it isn't really a clip from the film per se. :)

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 06:48 AM

I started rolling my eyes, but I have to say I appreciate the fact that they edited the photos to work with the score, and they played almost the entire section, rather that cutting things off in mid-phrase or endlessly looping a part of the work!

Of course, the dialogue balloons don't help at all.

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 06:55 AM

View Postsandik, on 26 October 2011 - 06:48 AM, said:

Of course, the dialogue balloons don't help at all.

I often watch a dance clip and wish that it was captioned, like foreign films or films for the hearing-impaired.  Cabriolet, pique turn, fouette, ....

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 07:17 AM

This is Dracula without Mina or Lucy (just one brief shot, I think).  Would that be like Swan lake without Odette?

#6 Mme. Hermine

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Posted 26 October 2011 - 07:53 AM

actually this is the 1st ten minutes of the actual film:





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