简介：“TheSilencebeforeBach”isanapproachtomusicandthetradesandsubjectsthatsurrounditthroughBach’sworks.Alookattheprofounddramaturgicrelationshipbetweenimageandmusicwherethelatterisnotmerelyconceivedassubsidiarytotheimagebutasasubjectofthenarrationinitsownright.Thefilmspringsfromapreviouslydefinedmusicalstructure.ThesoundtrackfeedsonworksbyJ.SBachandtwoofFelixMendelssohn’ssonatastocreateanarchitecturalvaultbeneathwhichthestoryofthefilmunfolds;apromenadethroughtheXVIIIth,XIXthandXXIthcenturiesledbythehandofJ.S.Bach.