| This movie is indeed beautiful to look at and beautiful to listen to,
but as a story it is very frustrating for anyone wanting to understand
the life of the famous composer. The gimmick of the search for the
mysterious lady, very similar to Citizen Kane's Rosebud, structured
the plot around Beethoven's paramours rather than around his music,
and kept the entire film on the level of a soap opera. I also found it
sad that unnecessary nudity and sexual violence pushed the film into
the R category, keeping it from younger audiences who are interested in
classical music and its origins.
Steve H.
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Answer as I understood it,
anyway.. after spoiler alert
<spoiler alert>
She didn't read the note.
The proprietor of the hotel
opened the note, read it,
and placed it under the linen
on the tray of the food she
was bringing to the "beloved".
The woman, who was pregnant, got
sick when she looked at the
food on the tray and went to
the other side of the room
to vomit into the chamber pot.
So, she missed the note entirely.
Because she left right after that
running down the stairs. I don't
think she intentionally avoided him,
but rather sneaked away since she
was there illicitly (given the time
era.)
At the end, when Schindler asks
her why she didn't stay after
reading the note she says, "What note?"
Does that make sense?
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| You're welcome...but I seemed
to have messed up the spoiler alert.
Hmmmm
I agree, very good music, mediocore
plot. Wasn't he portrayed as quite
unlikable?
Schindler said more than once, "He gave
us so much, that I just want to do this
for him." or words to that effect.
I kept wondering if I was watching a movie
about the person he was talking about.
I 'spose he was referring to his music;
don't know if that made up for his
boorish behavior, though.
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