Love of music via The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

[BeyondGeography]

It's Alan Arkin week on TCM, which showed The Heart is a Lonely Hunter (1968) last night. Knew nothing of the film or the Carson MCullers book it is based on. Highly recommend, not least for this scene where leading actress Sondra Locke (superb) explains the joy of music and in particular Mozart to the deaf roomer who shares her house, Mr. Singer (Arkin, also superb).

Both actors were nominated for Academy Awards. This was the best scene IMO and as someone whose life has been likewise enriched by classical music I am glad something like it was made at least once in American cinema:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. What a lovely clip. Thank you...n/t

[elleng]

2. Sorry I missed it.

Loved the book and the author.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

3. When I took my wife to see the film Amadeus,

She was interested in the story, but absolutely blown away by the music. She agreed with the line "It seemed to me that I was hearing the voice of God."

Here is her favorite Mozart, the Romanze from the Piano Concerto No. 20, K466

[DPmusic]

4. Classic

Cool i like it