Jeremey McMillan wrote:

>I rented "Immortal Beloved" from the video store yesterday.  ...  I also
>loved the latter part of the movie when they showed the premiere of the
>Choral Symphony.  (I think most of that is accurate) I felt joy and sorrow
>when I saw how the audience starting clapping and he was totally unaware
>of it until the conductor tugged on his sleeve.  When he turned around, the
>people gave him a standing ovation.  ...  I know this sounds corny, but my
>eyes got a little watery!  I was glad my dad wasn't in the room!

And the echo of this in Mr. Holland's Opus -- in which the hard of hearing
son puts his ear to a car's engine in the same way that Beethoven is said
to have listened to the floor to sense vibrations -- is similarly poignant.

Mitch Friedfeld