Rainer Maria Rilke - The First Elegy (part 2)

"Duino Elegies"( Duineser Elegien) by Rainer Maria Rilke. soundtrack: Miles Davis, from
"Escalator to the gallows", a film by Louis Malle.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• rainer
• maria
• rilke
• duino
• elegies

[tehdod]

This is great!

[moolox]

Thanks, why don't you make a video like this yourself. It doesn't need much work, just a little digital stills camera and an original idea:there you go!

[sonnenberg]

I like it. The modern images are a little jarring as a backdrop for this poem, but they do reflect the contemporary version of the alienation expressed in the poem. And they're pretty too!

I've just posted an original song I wrote a few years back in response to this poem. Check it out...

Paul

[moolox]

Dear Paul, thanks for commenting. I don't see the response video. Please try again.Kaspar

[TribalTv]

Nice work!

[moolox]

Thank you!

[seberry1]

Moolox:

Very nicely done. You should think about working on a visual jazz interpretation of all of Rilke's elegies. Just one quibble - "Escalator to the Gallows" is incorrect: the title of Malle's film is "Ascenseur pour l'échafaud," which means Elevator to the Gallows - as in a cage-like enclosure that moves up and down a shaft. Thanks again, I can see Rainer Maria enjoying both of your videos...somewhere.

Stephen