Based on an unknown Sch?nberg opera from 1929, From Today Until Tomorrow explores one night in a not-quite loveless marriage. A husband and wife return from a party where she has flirted with another man, while he has cast an appraising eye toward an attractive, fashionably dressed acquaintance of his wife’s. Though each dreams, briefly, of leaving the marriage for the excitement and mystery of a new lover, in the end they decide stability and comfort are more important than the fleeting thrill of new romance. Directors Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet, who previously collaborated on two other films about music (The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach, 1968, and Moses and Aaron, 1975), rely on long fixed shots in austere black-and-white so that the focus remains on the musical brilliance of Sch?nberg’s atonal score, performed here by 70 musicians. That Sch?nberg would choose such a relatively lighthearted message for his newly discovered musical language remains a mystery, especially since the conclusion reached by the husband and wife—to stick with the tried and true—seems directly at odds with Sch?nberg’s own philosophy of composing. It is just this juxtaposition, however, coupled with Straub and Huillet’s faithful presentation, that makes the opera a compelling addition to the Sch?nberg canon—and the film such a challenging and intriguing experience.
主演:朱恩·斯奎布,丹妮尔·哈丽丝,乔安娜·卡西迪,Phoenix Parnevik,泰里克·威瑟斯,杰梅因·福勒,妮可·里奇,Iantha Richardson,迈尔斯·福勒,格斯·肯沃西,Simone Joy Jones,Patricia Williams,Donielle T. Hansley Jr.,阿亚米·斯莱奇,特莉萨娜,Robert M. Lee,卡特·扬,Lizet Upia,Hannah Wimbrey,Dominique Toney