Last week I interviewed a Vietnam veteran who had lost touch with a training camp buddy when they shipped out separately, and he wrote letters to the guy during and after the war, with no response. For years he held hope that his friend was "too busy" to write. On his first visit to the wall in D.C. he saw his friend's name there, and finally knew.
Thank you! Another film not seen. Sounds like an amazing structure. Oldman played both Churchill and Beethoven; how many other actors can claim to have portrayed two such influential and iconic historic figures? Might be another list!
Letters were very important to us in the Air Force while overseas. When I got back it was my intention to write a script that revolved around the letters sent home by a soldier killed in Viet Nam. I’m sorry I didn’t do that at that time — when the memories were still fresh.
1994 IMMORTAL BELOVED This biography chronicles the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven (Gary Oldman) and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler (Jeroen Krabbé), searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's LOVE LETTERS as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveals Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.
Last week I interviewed a Vietnam veteran who had lost touch with a training camp buddy when they shipped out separately, and he wrote letters to the guy during and after the war, with no response. For years he held hope that his friend was "too busy" to write. On his first visit to the wall in D.C. he saw his friend's name there, and finally knew.
Thank you! Another film not seen. Sounds like an amazing structure. Oldman played both Churchill and Beethoven; how many other actors can claim to have portrayed two such influential and iconic historic figures? Might be another list!
Letters were very important to us in the Air Force while overseas. When I got back it was my intention to write a script that revolved around the letters sent home by a soldier killed in Viet Nam. I’m sorry I didn’t do that at that time — when the memories were still fresh.
1994 IMMORTAL BELOVED This biography chronicles the life of infamous classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven (Gary Oldman) and his painful struggle with hearing loss. Following Beethoven's death in 1827, his assistant, Schindler (Jeroen Krabbé), searches for an elusive woman referred to in the composer's LOVE LETTERS as "immortal beloved." As Schindler solves the mystery, a series of flashbacks reveals Beethoven's transformation from passionate young man to troubled musical genius.