Richard Wagner’s Impact on Film

In appreciation of Wagner's music and artistry, his influence on filmmaking and auteur theory, and the beauty of Gesamtkunstwerken. Featured Music: Wagner - Siegfried Idyll Conducted by Herbert von Karajan / Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker    • Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103   Wagner - Die Walküre, Act III "Hojotoho! Heiaha!" Conducted by Herbert von Karajan / Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker    • Wagner: Die Walküre, Act III Scene 1: Hojo...   Wagner - Tristan und Isolde, Prelude to Act I, Langsam und Schmachtend Conducted by Herbert von Karajan / Performed by Wiener Philharmoniker    • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, Act I: Prelude   Wagner - Siegfried Idyll Conducted by Sergiu Celibidache / Performed by Münchner Philharmoniker    • Siegfried - Idyll   With footage from: Andrei Tarkovsky - Solaris (1972) Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Federico Fellini - 8½ (1963) Alfred Hitchcock - Vertigo (1958)