Review Michael Noble 8 Oct 2013 - 10:15
German Romanticism in Atlantic City? Why not. This is after all, Boardwalk Empire...
This review contains spoilers.
4.5 Erlkonig
"Be calm, dearest child, thy fancy deceives;
the wind is sighing through withering leaves."
This week’s episode opens with a series of carefully mounted images. We’re in Eddie’s room, his bed undisturbed. The camera picks up two caged birds before alighting on a photograph of his two sons as boys. It then turns its gaze to some sheet music of Schubert’s Lieder and a couple of Western novels, symbolic of Eddie’s German past and his American present. The window is open and the wind breathes through the room, its whistle audible amid the sound of Nucky’s urgent phone call from Willie.
With that, Erlkönig sets out the symbolism that will dominate an episode concerned with temptation and the decisions the...
German Romanticism in Atlantic City? Why not. This is after all, Boardwalk Empire...
This review contains spoilers.
4.5 Erlkonig
"Be calm, dearest child, thy fancy deceives;
the wind is sighing through withering leaves."
This week’s episode opens with a series of carefully mounted images. We’re in Eddie’s room, his bed undisturbed. The camera picks up two caged birds before alighting on a photograph of his two sons as boys. It then turns its gaze to some sheet music of Schubert’s Lieder and a couple of Western novels, symbolic of Eddie’s German past and his American present. The window is open and the wind breathes through the room, its whistle audible amid the sound of Nucky’s urgent phone call from Willie.
With that, Erlkönig sets out the symbolism that will dominate an episode concerned with temptation and the decisions the...
- 10/8/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Boardwalk Empire, Season 4, Episode 5, “Erlkönig”
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Tim Van Patten
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Kate is new to Boardwalk Empire this season and her reviews will approach the acclaimed series from the newbie’s perspective.
This week, on Boardwalk Empire: Gillian becomes desperate, Mueller moves up, and Eddie is taken by the Erlkönig
As many viewers will no doubt be aware, Der Erlkönig is a poem by Goethe based on Danish folklore that was adapted by the great (early) Romantic composer Franz Schubert into one of his most famous lieder, or art songs. To set the mood for the discussion of by far the best episode this season, so far:
Schubert’s “Erlkonig” tells the story of a father racing through the forest on horseback to get his young son home while the son shudders and cries out to his father about the spectral Erlkonig (trans.
Written by Howard Korder
Directed by Tim Van Patten
Airs Sundays at 9pm Est on HBO
Kate is new to Boardwalk Empire this season and her reviews will approach the acclaimed series from the newbie’s perspective.
This week, on Boardwalk Empire: Gillian becomes desperate, Mueller moves up, and Eddie is taken by the Erlkönig
As many viewers will no doubt be aware, Der Erlkönig is a poem by Goethe based on Danish folklore that was adapted by the great (early) Romantic composer Franz Schubert into one of his most famous lieder, or art songs. To set the mood for the discussion of by far the best episode this season, so far:
Schubert’s “Erlkonig” tells the story of a father racing through the forest on horseback to get his young son home while the son shudders and cries out to his father about the spectral Erlkonig (trans.
- 10/8/2013
- by Kate Kulzick
- SoundOnSight
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