1916 – The Dying Swan
The Dying Swan project is dark and mysterious in all its splendors. When you step back and look at it, in its entirety you can’t help but be impressed at the life this project give to death. The darkness it portrays leaves one to wonder how deep death in meaning to an individual is. If one person see death as horrifying and another feels death is peace, then who is right?
I can picture Mr. Depp in the role of Viktor, at least from the deep, dark character in which is portrayed in The Dying Swan. Gazilla’s role was really neat and I felt that she must have been unhappy much of her life because of her disability. It’s easy to set aside those who are different and that set a path of low self esteem and who know what else down the road.
I felt the project tried out some things that worked well for it’s time
Dream sequence was a decent try with the blue colors and cold feeling
The flowers being dropped in acceptance of a Princess into his home was really meaningful and got the point across, even without words spoken. I just wonder who is going to volunteer to pick them up and the end of the day, lol.
The phrase “Be Still that’s were peace and beauty lye” really felt right for the part of the project.
He sends her a crown that has the tears of his soul/sole? Really, now that just is right on for his character and well played out, I must add.
Things I need answers on
I beseech you? What is/or does that mean? (They Marry?)
Was Roco her last name?
Someone had called her Signorina, but I don’t recall what that means.
The count had a name of Valerian or did I read that wrong?
Towards the end I seen the following: Raccio Signor (means?)
Overall, this project was my all time favorite as it delivered the colors, tastes, sounds of life AND death. Both Life and Death can be horrifying AND beautiful, it’s all in how you perceive it, in my opinion, that is.
Wait, Brent, you're sounding a bit like Glinsky himself, esp. with what you say there at the end! :>)
ReplyDelete"I beseech you" simply means "I implore" or "beg you" (that is, "please come to my house so that I can draw/paint you").
Signorina is a very fancy way of addressing and referring to her--implying that she is a princess, at least in an artistic sense.
The count's name is Valerii, which is a common Russian first name--a masculine version of Valeria (Russian for Valerie), if you will. Sometimes Valerii gets transcribed into English as Valerian.
Raccio is, I believe, Gizella's last name--so Signor Raccio would refer to her father (that's when Viktor is addressing him, right?).
I could see Johnny Depp as the creepy artist. I think it's really interesting too how you point out the opposing ideas of death...no one will ever really know who is right, if there is a right at all.
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