An immigrant from Germany who has been in the US a long time takes a look at why people from Austria never watch the 1965 musical The Sound of Music. This video is kind of long, but you can skip from 2:00 to 4:34 because that's an ad. The Hollywood version was a spectacular flop in Austria for several reasons. They already had the music Die Trapp-Familie, which I posted here a few months ago. And we learn how very Americanized the musical is. Rogers and Hammerstein, as well as the movie producers, took a lot of liberties not only with the story, but with the culture and geography of Salzburg and Europe as a whole.
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
The Austrian View of The Sound of Music
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3 comments:
Wonderful, do Planet of the Apes next.
But that's not a true story.
I don't remember the Sound of Music being touted as a true story.
xoxoxoBruce
It was always touted as "based on" a true story, Bruce. Maria von Trapp's autobiography. With a lot of embellishment.
Yes, I know it was "based on", but no movie that's "based on" is accurate, and sometimes pretty far afield. It's a musical, entertainment, not a historical documentary.
The story is froufrou to watch between songs.
xoxoxoBruce
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