Code Unknown (Criterion Collection)One of the world's most influential and provocative filmmakers, the Academy Award winning Austrian director Michael Haneke (Amour) diagnoses the social maladies of contemporary Europe with devastating precision and staggering artistry. His 2000 drama Code Unknown, the first of his many films made in France, may be his most inspired work. Composed almost entirely of brilliantly shot, single take vignettes focusing on characters connected to one

intellectual

"In Memoriam-Ostinato" is the link between "Jouet Electronique" and "Opus 17"

lyrical memoir

"Understanding" in this case does not mean a mere rudimentary comprehension of musical events

which boasted one of the best orchestras of the time

Drums are handled by Christian metal icon

Henry IV prepares for war

Winterreise feels like a new and different journey

unlike any other interpretation of the favorited Nutcracker tune

about 70 hours

while it swings menacingly when Louis Armstrong is afraid of the Spooks and Putney Dandridge and his orchestra discover the Skeleton In The Closet

a single movement that he completed on December 29