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Also, can someone add a "See also" section? The article seems to end too abruptly... [[User:Journalist|<font color="navy" face="Garamond">'''O'''ran</font><font color ="green" face="Garamond">'''''e'''''</font>]] [[User talk:Journalist|<font face="Garamond">(talk)</font>]] 01:39, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
== Symbolic Use of Music in the Film ==
We should have a goal of adding a section specifically about the use of music in the film as a means of highlighting an aspect of the action onscreen. The filmmakers do this at least twice that I have noticed.
'''Kindertotenlieder.''' This was discussed earlier in the discussion. During the scene at Jasper's house in which he tells Kee and Miriam the story of the death of Theo and Jullian's son, the music playing in the background is the first movement from Gustav Mahler's Kindertotenlieder ("Songs on the Death of Children").
'''Arbeit macht frei.''' The Libertines' song Arbeit Macht Frei plays during the scene at the internment camp. Arbeit macht frei is the famous slogan placed on the gates of many Nazi concentration camps, and the song is about concentration camp members. As the article discusses, the scene in the movie alludes to Nazi camps, and using this song at that moment in the film seems like the filmmakers are underlining a point.
These are just two examples I have found. Given how intentional these seem to be, I would bet there are other examples in the film. Unfortunately I have not found any secondary sources which discuss this aspect of the movie, and don't have much time to spend on wikipedia. So I pass the challenge on to all of you: find more examples of music used in this way, find sources to cite, and write a new (sub)section for the article exploring this technique in the film. I think it's worth doing; it would add yet another interesting layer to this movie.
[[User:Gzoek|Gzoek]] 06:41, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
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