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Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks

February 2015

Letter from the Editor

Chad Perman·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.” — Anaïs Nin few weeks ago, my wife and I...
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Thundering, Thundering

Molly Parent·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
My father cries at parades. Especially at the small town variety in which scouts march behind banners made of top...
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Nashville (1975) | art by Brianna Ashby

The New National Anthem

Matthew Lawrence·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Robert Altman's Nashville is a musical as well as a disaster movie.
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Look/Listen

Fran Hoepfner·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Whether you like it or not, Moulin Rouge! is a huge Bohemian undertaking; it’s a sloppy, over-the-top, fantastical mess of a film with a daring soundtrack.
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And Then I Don’t Feel So Bad

Bruno Alves·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Every Christmas Eve, my family gathers at my aunt’s house. As is customary in Portugal, we eat bacalhau, or codfish,...
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A Teacher To Take Me, Mold Me and Make Me

John Douglass·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
When I was about nine years old, my grandparents came to watch my siblings and I for a long weekend...
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Viewing Films with Autism and Evita’s Rhythmic Sway

Chris Donald·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
“The best show in town was the crowd outside the Casa Rosada crying ‘Eva Peron!’” Film rhythm is something one...
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Velvet Goldmine | art by Brianna Ashby

Velvet Goldmine: The Music is the Mask

Morgan Leigh Davies·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Even as it carefully and thoughtfully breaks down celebrity idolatry, Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine never underestimates the power or seductive appeal of being a fan.
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No Hay Banda

Greg Cwik·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
David Lynch uses diegetic music in unsettling, absurd ways, amplifying horror by usurping it.
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Each Morning A Regret: The Music of Tous les matins du monde

Olivia Collette·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Biopics annoy me, especially ones about musicians. Even those that are largely lauded, like Control (2007), tend to cover too much...
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Adèle and Emma’s Infinite Playlist

Kyle Meikle·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
Side A If you saw James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy last year—and, judging by the numbers, you probably did—what do...
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We Are the Best!

Arielle Greenberg·
Issue 21: Music, pt. 1: Musicals & Soundtracks
We are punks! I am punk rock! I am mad at you about how that boy in the dog collar likes...
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