Word: odes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Britten's characteristic eclecticism dominates the score. As always, he fits great economy of means to his amazing instrumental versatility: a platonic ode to Phaedrus is decorated with a harp; the oncoming plague is heralded by a growling dark tuba. The overture to Venice is glitteringly warm, like the Adriatic itself...
...movie isn't really an ode to romanticism; rather, it is an elegy to its passing. Cukor turns sentiment to laughter, to a capricious form of skepticism that knows "the good old days" to be illusionism. The loops of his freewheeling narrative dip eagerly into the past only to circle back a bit crestfallen. And in between, that cherished romance becomes sappy to the taste...
...Charlie Chaplin studios in Hollywood, Willwerth found Lou Adler, whose Ode Records is one of the most successful small recording companies. Midway through the interview, Adler excused himself, then dashed downstairs to join a basketball game between two bands, Chicago v. Cheech and Chong. Traveling on to San Francisco, Willwerth talked to Rock Impresario Bill Graham about his difficulties in starting a new record company, then accompanied a local record promoter on a tour of Bay Area radio stations. In Nashville the following week, the correspondent sat in on a recording session by Folk Artist Eric Andersen...
...ADLER, independent producer and head of Ode Records. Tall, thin, ultra-soft-spoken multimillionaire of 37. Produced Monterey Festival as well as subsequent film, Monterey Pop. Background as reigning impresario of California surf music (Jan and Dean); later managed the Mamas and the Papas and founded Dunhill Records, which he sold to ABC in 1966 for $3 million. Current label boasts Carole King, Comedy Duo Cheech and Chong and $400,000 new album of Tommy that has earned back $5 million. Dabbles in California real estate, currently dates Actress Britt Eklund. Has houses in Malibu, Bel Air and Jamaica, rises...
...quite an ode to romanticism, Travels With My Aunt is more an elegy to its passing. The romantic Cukor has turned capricious skeptic, and sentiment becomes a gambol. The loops of his freewheeling narrative dip eagerly into the past and circle back a bit crestfallen. And in between, cherished romance turns sappy to the taste and drippy to the nth degree. Cukor has dished out sentiment in order to bid it fond farewell...