Word: czinner
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Visually, Director Paul Czinner is content to let Rudolf Hartmann's production speak for itself. The perspective is from the center orchestra seats, with a wide view of the stage; there is little of the distracting crosscutting or ogling close-ups that later video directors have found so irresistible. One surprisingly awkward visual moment, though, occurs in the middle of the most famous line in the opera, the Marschallin's worldly wise "Ja, ja" as she withdraws from Octavian's life. Here the film leaps in mid-utterance from a long shot of Schwarzkopf to a close-up, calling attention...