Non-diegetic music exists between a film and its audience. The audience can…
Tag: David Bowie
“Evil Spelt Backward is Live”: Magic Science and Apocalyptic Song in Rock & Rule (1983)
Imagine a realm where those who rock, rule. A frightening world of…
“Give Him a Mask and He’ll Tell You the Truth”: The Life and Death Of Ziggy in Velvet Goldmine (1998)
Biopics tread in blasphemy. There is something impossible about trying to recreate…
Where are These “Golden Years”?: History as Music in A Knight’s Tale (2001)
One of my favourite uses of intertextuality is when a film uses…