Alfred Cortot plays Chopin’s A Flat Waltz, Op. 69/1, in Paris in 1943:
(This is the latest in a series of arts-related videos that appear in this space each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Archives for October 19, 2016
Almanac: Burt Kennedy on the secret of a good western
“I always thought that one secret of a good western, with the exception maybe of High Noon, is that the story’s problem is not the leading man’s problem. The leading man should be able to walk away at any point, but he chooses not to, and that’s what makes him a hero.”
Burt Kennedy (quoted in The Guardian, February 16, 2001)