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