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June 30, 2009
Beau Travail (1999)
For your listening pleasure: two selections from Benjmin Britten's opera of Billy Budd, which Denis uses to score her film:
Billy Budd - Scene 1: Pull, By Bantams
And, too, though I'd recommend picking it up in print, the entire text of Melville's short novel. It's not essential reading in order to enjoy Beau Travail, but it certainly enriches it.
Posted by David Lowery at June 30, 2009 5:47 AM