Picnic at Hanging Rock - theme soundtrack - Gheorghe Zamfir 'Doina Sus Pe Culmea Dealului'

[@AllenbysEyes]

One of those movies that seems obscure and maddening at first glance. Then it burrows into your subconscious and you can't stop thinking about it. "Waiting a million years... just for us."

[@morganalabeille5004]

That line is especially poignant when you learn about the history of Hanging Rock. It's sacred to the Aboriginal people of Australia who have been living around it for over 26000 years. That's more than a tenth of the time modern humans have existed. We aren't even completely sure of its true name because that knowledge has been violently suppressed. But these girls don't know any of that, to them it's just a picnic spot. Or maybe they do know, and just don't care.

[@alessandrocaboni5882]

@@morganalabeille5004 You re

[@alessandrocaboni5882]

When I saw the movie I was 19. Now I'm 65. It has the same fascination. The flute of Pan Is by the same Roumanian author. Beacause we are in the same atmosphere of mysteries & magic. He fled from Paris for fear of heavy taxation. Now he Is back to Romania, to the country of Pan.

[@stephenwalker8841]

But where did they go?

[@PaulMurrayCanberra]

@@morganalabeille5004 Things don't have true names.

[@futuropasado]

one of the most magical and underrated films ever.

[@mariaislam9390]

Can you suggest any other film like it?

[@mick2881]

when he returned he had "the lace"clutched in his hand.(sends a shiver)down my spine still.😬

[@zafurchio5687]

@@mariaislam9390 ''Aguirre: The Wrath of God'' by Werner Herzog with Klaus Kinsky, different story but same dry cool style, great film really. Try this one, you'll thank me :-)

[@Pados_music]

@@mariaislam9390 The Reflecting Skin, Stalker by Andrei Tarkovsky, Wings of desire by Vim Wenders, Mulholland drive.

[@zenieth]

A classic masterpiece.

[@dw8773]

The most hauntingly beautiful film I've ever seen.

[@stevennieto9898]

There is a weird vibe to it!

[@addamr2052]

@D.W I used to go rock climbing there in the eighties even then being there used to give me the shivering creeps and back then i have never seen the movie .

[@RMND424]

@@addamr2052 Were the shiverring creeps because you had heard about the place having some strange energy beforehand, or you just legitimately got the creeps with no previous knowledge of the area?? What did it feel like there (like, in more detail, how was it creepy)?? I've always had the desire to visit and climb there, that's cool that you got to do that :).

[@TheWaynos73]

@@stevennieto9898 creepiest G rated film I’ve ever seen. Definitely not for kids.

[@TheWaynos73]

@@RMND424 I remember my parents taking me to the rock when I was little. I hadn’t seen the movie. I was about 9. I refused to climb it. I just was creeped out. Something always made me feel like we were being watched from the forest.

[@kerribraddock4454]

I cannot believe they made a 2018 version of this masterpiece. Some things should be left well enough alone.

[@tetsuan25]

Agree totally

[@paristexas919]

Oh my, did they??!

[@bobbydazzler8684]

The 2018 TV series is an adaptation of the book, not a remake of Peter Weir's film. Books get adapted over and over again -- especially classics -- and this is no different. While I agree Weir's film is a masterpiece and will never be bettered, there's no reason why adaptations can't exist. I can think of examples where a new adaptation betters an earlier film -- the Coens' adaptation of True Grit is such an example. You're under no obligation to watch an version you are not interested in.

[@macbhd1]

never knew that,would never watch it either,this is divine.

[@NowIAmAwake]

@@macbhd1 Exactly my thoughts

[@Replican7]

Everything begins and ends at exactly the right time and place.

[@nosalvation666]

True wonderful words!

[@XanSprouse]

You must learn to love someone apart from me. I won't be here much longer.

[@marbo6429]

@@nosalvation666 *truly...just correcting your English *words

[@marbo6429]

@@XanSprouse I am not hearing the correlation you are trying to connect together...this beautiful song /music is about unknown things...not suicide which! is far from beautiful or romantic unless you are a moron and/or Judas...maybe its for people before you, just a normal person that enjoys beautiful music without your destructive connotations hoisted upon it...but then maybe it is for me to hoist upon you what you think is yours alone to hoist.

[@XanSprouse]

mar bo Well, Replican7 started out by quoting Miranda. So I decided to also quote Miranda from the same scene. This is my favorite novel and I’ve read it about 50 times, and I’ve seen the movie quite a few times as well. The quote isn’t about suicide, it’s about Miranda’s ethereal and mysterious nature and how she seems to know that she will soon disappear without a trace. But sure, call me a moron because I’m quoting the movie/novel that we were discussing. It frankly says more about you than it does me.

[@Dr.Gunsmith]

This music haunted me as a child in some strange way, spooky and yet so beautiful at the same time, I use to dream about this after seeing it, this piece of music never left my mind. 🙏

[@MrRegis7188]

Same here. It evokes things that a child cannot understand.

[@christopherthomas7253]

MrRegis7188 Agreed and oddly, I can't otherwise abide the pan flute. But it's deployed to wonderful effect here.

[@dannyinaus]

you need to visit an insane asylum for a while. They will fix you up - oh, and lots of medication. Do you still wet your bed?

[@TheFluffy47]

Exactly what bought me here

[@whitefamily1100]

Oh man, that's sadistic, what a troll. Typical of someone who tortured the cat.

[@return2earthvideochannel]

The combination of pan pipes and organ is inspirational. Nothing else is needed to create such a mysterious, spooky and dreamy atmosphere. Why can't we have films like this anymore?

[@Musicologist-61]

I agree though I doubt they could make a movie like this anymore I saw the remake and please excuse my French but it was utter shit! Some movies such as this classic should be left well alone!

[@Camille_Anderson]

@@Musicologist-61 was that the tv series? i wasnt moved by that either!! Miranda should have been a beautiful, blonde girl, with more to her character than was portrayed by the actress. Maybe im still mesmerized by the wonderful Miss Lambert's performance & beauty! .

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you, I was able to forward this music to the film. Jim McElroy

[@thepalebluedot4171]

Generation.

[@Onmysheet]

​@@Musicologist-61Just like the TV adaption of Rosemary's Baby.

[@dorugrigorescu5040]

Zamfir's song is part of a Romanian folk songs genre named "DOINA". It is the music of the Romanian peasants and shepherds, sung usually in solitude and on a deep melancholic note. Its themes are longing (DOR in Romanian; see also my first name), dissapointment in love, revolt for unjustice.

[@astralreiseburo279]

The first time i heard this strange and intense music as my father had drunk to much and he danced with himself infront of the stereo. He looked, as he was in a happy easy mood, but through his eyes i also saw a sad and lonely bitternes that invited me to join his dance. I never will forget this moment. This was 40 years ago.

[@yaboydolphin]

Well spoken

[@HEVORA362]

☹️

[@stevennieto9898]

🙄

[@coffin3050]

Where is your mom?

[@RJ-luci]

Compelling………………

[@SkyPilot111]

I listened to this song throughout the last 40 years, and always go to the deepest cave of my heart and want to stay there forever.

[@Katzrule564]

Sending love.

[@paristexas919]

Actually it's not a song, because no one is singing.

[@SkyPilot111]

@@paristexas919 thanks for sharing

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you. As an older man I am still proud of this film and the music.

[@ryancecilsmith2707]

Hello - I just saw this comment and looked up your name and credits. You should be proud! The movie is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for your work.

[@macbhd1]

Genius,musically an cinematography,one of the best.

[@ksen.harlamova]

Спасибо 💕

[@JannetteRoadsStevens]

Its very interesting that Lady Joan Lindsay wrote this in the winter of 1966, a few months after the 3 Beaumont children disappeared??? And its even more interesting how Rachel, Andrew and Ruth McIntyre say that they are buried or more to the point, dropped in a sink hole in caves, on their fathers property at Stansbury???

[@ShaNaNa242]

Love the film and music.

[@Meal-deal555]

One of the most thought provoking yet psychologically unsettling films I have ever seen.

[@ecclesiastes7]

Pure genius, melding Romanian folk music, the doina, with a film set on the other side of the word, Australia of 1900. The girls are gorgeous and lively yet the music tells us something awfully sad and tragic is happening. Such is the impact of the music and scenery that it stays with you forever.

[@mrroastedcoops]

born in 66, the first movie i went to see on my own, when it first came out. dont know why, but the movie and this tune has stayed with me. this still, after all these years still has the power to make the hairs on the back of my neck stand up, BIG TIME

[@harrykornek6605]

Genau wie bei mir - also like me

[@patrickkroggel1294]

@@harrykornek6605, oh, schön!

[@rogerramjet2340]

Me too. I saw this in 1975 with my mother when I was 7 or 8.

[@shekharmukhopadhyay1563]

This background music haunted me since last 30 years. The mysterious movie never faded in my mind because of this heart touching music.

[@ichigen511]

Literally THE most haunting track (and one of the most haunting movies) in the history of music (and film) on planet Earth.

[@mdee8784]

A most treasured Australian film and soundtrack

[@reekashade]

As a teenager this movie really moved me & the music was perfectly fitted to the flow.

[@scysadist]

Same

[@prisonervi]

Truly one of the most amazing, haunting pieces of film music ever composed. It is a perfect match for this wonderful and enigmatic film, and enhances the air of mystery and unseen forces at play in the dramatic landscape. Unforgettable and timeless. An all time favourite film of mine which you could watch over and over and never tire of watching, or just listening to the beautiful soundtrack.

[@alanbell8009]

This music, so many years ago, started my love of the panflute (nai), and of Romanian folk music. Many years later, and after meeting up with a group of Romanian musicians, I acquired a panflute and now thoroughly enjoy playing it and Romanian folk music in particular. Unfortunately, not everyone likes it!

[@cip5949]

one needs a bit of a brain to be able to apreciate certain things..

[@Rajkowski10]

I do!!!

[@maratonlegendelenemirei3352]

Romanian popular music totally sucks dude! Take it from me, I live in Romania.

[@lucylovic]

@@maratonlegendelenemirei3352 really

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you Alan, hang in there, it does get very much better.

[@christianlandaetatorres15560]

One of the best movies from Australia ever, not to mention the music and the cast. Composer Bruce Smeaton also deserves a mention here as he composed the very effective and great theme for the ascention sequence when some of the girls begin their last journey. A true gem as is to me Weir's The Last Wave with phenomenal music score by Charles Wain.

[@clemdane]

The Ascent music has become my favorite part, even more than Zamfir.

[@OriginalMindTrick]

The ascent music is amazingly haunting as well. Peter Weir also incorporated maybe the most beautiful piece of music ever written, Beethoven's 5th Piano concerto 2 movement.

[@Gerguzalbutzelnikoskech]

@@OriginalMindTrick And Bach's Prelude in C - Major

[@OriginalMindTrick]

@@Gerguzalbutzelnikoskech Yeah when the girls were on the carriage.

[@Yapostadodat]

Almost can't speak of magic such as this. It's so precious and intangible, that to bring it from the ethereal to the physical world by even spoken word is enough to break the spell. It must be felt alone and acknowledged within yourself with what you already know to be true. I'll say this; I'm VERY glad I was alive in the 70's.

[@THEBARRETT78]

One of the most legendary movie.

[@MsLouise32]

It almost feels like it's drawing you in to get lost. It encaptured me as a child and still has that strange feeling like it's calling me

[@ManicMindTrick]

I know exactly what you mean.

[@rogerramjet2340]

I agree.

[@lilyrose367]

Watched it with my mum when the film first came out, that haunting music stays with you forever. Ive always loved mountainous areas ever since.

[@reynardfoxx018]

the music that set the mood that created the myth. One of the best music soundtracks of all time.

[@Yameron]

Donno whats with this tune but remeber as a teenager it profoundly touched my core...

[@brettthebest3978]

Best Soundtrack of a movie of all time!!!!

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you Brett. Jim McElroy

[@fazbell]

One of the most unforgettable pieces of music I have ever heard. Picnic At Hanging Rock would not have been the same without it, This musc fit the movie perfectly,

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

I thank you Fred. Jim McElroy

[@markmcmahan5045]

I totally agree, just like the soundtrack to the movie Gladiator

[@GhostofFHBradley]

@@jamesmcelroy5459 It's a wonderful film - very well made!

[@zafurchio5687]

This masterpiece is a little gentle jewel in an age of ignorance and vulgarity.

[@vine18278]

A master class in how to make a film, perfect music, acting and direction, combined. A true feast for the senses.

[@sanjivpune]

Timeless music, watched this movie in 80, still remember due to haunting music.

[@lucyj87]

Listening to this on the drive from Melbourne to the Hanging Rock, where I will have a picnic lunch.

[@dannyinaus]

I would have turned around 10 mins into it - this music gives me the heebie jeebies

[@VV-nz4dv]

The_Man_from_Epsilon_Crucis wtf are the heebie jebies

[@dannyinaus]

it means you get the chills - the willies - a sense of doom - the hairs go up on the back of your neck

[@beldengi]

I got locked in the park one evening and had to spend the whole night below the rock. Very scary.

[@unciclistacontraelsistema8620]

you so lucky!

[@seanosomething]

Absolutely THE finest meld of vision and audio ever to come out of Australia... bar none...Stunning cinematography.... haunting soundtrack,start to finish.... all this 20 or 30 years before the "computer generated" crap started oozing into every cinema worldwide.... This film is a true MASTERPIECE.... enough said...thats me done....

[@MrNickbrick]

I've really enjoyed reading the comments by the KZbin community to this piece of music, and their thoughts on the film. To me this film and music create a feeling I can't explain... just like the missing girls! I can't explain what is really happening! When you truly think about it, can any of us ....!

[@terratrema]

Just finished watching the movie. One of the most heavenly and emotional experiences I have ever had with a film. The soundtrack helped. But that's all over now...

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Nothing is all over, I can still remember playing the music to both Hal McElroy and Peter Weir. Neither seemed they were able to say thanks

[@raindropskeepfallin]

This is still such a superb pairing. I've watched this a lot over the last 10 years. It's still surprising how it only has 32k views.

[@raindropskeepfallin]

what the hell happened?

[@versiincontroluce3454]

This music is just my feeling now, unforgettable as a first love...❤️

[@derekmalouf5800]

Memories of haunting soundtrack through my teenage years, bought the original soundtrack with original organist, loved the haunting yet magical sounds, eventually visited Mt Macedon and around the Grampians

[@gouvyrock]

one of the best soundtrack ever - amazing - great movie also

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

I will always think of this piece of music, of which one was a piece of Romanian music , which some years later was my dear wife, a Romanian, Marta McElroy.

[@Lillyvon]

The imperfection of this piece is what makes it so haunting and beautiful - as well as the composition.

[@kijwszprychach1877]

Overwhelmingly hypnotic. Both movie and soundtrack.

[@jays1752]

"What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream."

[@kevinquinn3763]

Yes so yes

[@iaindunbar1578]

Is this the most beautiful piece of music on earth???

[@vincenzogalantuomo8074]

It is certainly the piece of greater timbral intensity!

[@TheGoong2]

to me it expresses forms of joy and reverence northern europeans cant filter in or out

[@Walklikeaduck111]

Absolutely. Its sacred and sensual at the same time.

[@jasonpender2147]

It asks questions about ourselves

[@tommulvey6134]

I remember Hanging Rock as a child late 60's early 70's. It was beautiful then. It hadn't been turned into a tourist attraction so there was no glass and chrome souvenir shops. There was no fancy car park made of tarmac and white lines and parking fees. Just a dirt track and a parking area. You could have your own picnic in peace. It was beautiful then. Tourism has destroyed these wonderful places sadly.

[@pedinurse1]

This music grips you and takes you to another place

[@FirstLast-hj1rh]

Her face, this story and this music = PERFECT!

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you, I was to place this music in the film. I was also a close friend on Anne Lambert, a great actress and Counsellor.

[@khanno01]

'What we see and what we seem are but a dream, a dream within a dream' what a movie!!! and this sound track!!! The first line of the film says it all. The quality of this clip is exceptional. Thanks.

[@TheoBass]

I'm reading the novel now, after seeing the film for the third time. It doesn't hurt to be reading it with this indelible soundtrack in my head!

[@KristiA72]

OMG this music gives me such goosebumps I ADORE IT!

[@IQzero66]

This îs romanian ancestrale music of hundred years!

[@tommyhaddox1]

So real-like, hard to believe it is not, great story and music

[@DemonCuz]

A stunning work of art. Frame by frame is like an Arthur Streeton painting,

[@gondadeconinck8414]

The first time I saw this movie,I was 15,and blown away by it,aspecially the music,sins then I watched it so many times,still catches me every time😊❤❤

[@marly4901]

Zamfir is a genius, brilliant piece of music, loved being played in the movie...

[@barbarahowson8078]

My all time favorite film plus beautiful music.

[@polidori99]

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"

[@michaelrainsberry5460]

propaganda

[@JdTV79]

Christopher Nolan agrees

[@franksijbenga3724]

In fact, we're not gonna talk about Judy at all.

[@IndyCrewInNYC]

From Edgar Allan Poe's "A Dream Within a Dream" which has appeared at the beginning of other films too.

[@davidchamberlain5425]

This world is all a fleeting show for mans illusion given.!

[@subashpadiyar6258]

Haunting tune never to be forgotten... Very easy dippiction of higher notes with lower. Resolution of lower notes enhances the magic of weaving it thru the primitive flute. Magic pure Magic!!!

[@jyotisitapure9521]

The music is so haunting ....I am from India...and seen the film on TV ...after forty years ....I still. ... remember the bgm

[@iasminamiclau6722]

Never been so proud to be romanian 🇷🇴

[@lucylovic]

Why?

[@amethyst2823]

@@lucylovic Maybe because this particular section of the soundtrack is actually Romanian folk music ( Doina "Sus pe culmea dealului" ) interpreted by a Romanian artist ???

[@trevorstanding6462]

@@lucylovic come on, you're not paying attention !

[@chiccraigslist]

I saw this movie when I was 15 years old. Till now, I have not seen a movie capture my attention like this one and I am 33 now. This is by far the most mesmerizing tune I have heard. Zamfir is brilliant. This music made the movie even more mysterious. I was in love with Miranda (played by Anne Lambert). She is such a heart breaker and it's such a sad and haunting story.

[@adrianjohnson7920]

The segue of Miranda into the image of the swan in the reverie of the young man remembering hislaast glimpse of her is heartbreakingly beautiful.

[@janaka1244]

Moje studia filmowe i ten konkretny czas związany z tą muzyką właśnie. Na zawsze w ❤

[@dk0483]

Amazing how many people are still drawn to this music and the movie. The most mesmerising, haunting and atmospheric piece of cinema/music. I have similar feelings about Bladerunner and Vangelis soundtrack.

[@allen2753]

one of the most disturbingly beautiful films i have ever seen in my life. watched it when i was 10, and was astounded by the sultry mood and tone of the music. gives you that gut wrenching curiosity as to where the girls went to.....

[@magnusschimmel2614]

70s, I was 14 and this film, this extraordinary music and this incredibly beautiful girl flashed me. I have never forgotten any of it and today I see this face in which EVERYTHING can be read and I hear this music again. Goose bumps.

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Listen on, life is beautiful. Jim

[@Jooligan1]

A film with a score that makes me so grateful I have been alive in a time I can revere it !

[@deveelvraat3404]

"What do you know?" asks Miss MacCraw (Vivean Gray). I know that Miranda is a Botticelli angel... RIP Vivian Gray.

[@unciclistacontraelsistema8620]

Yeah, astonishing film...and of course soundtrack...but this becomes sometimes repetitive through the course of film...

[@sabrinafojo2490]

it is parallel or higher with the ground, balanced and rhythmic... Just like another world...

[@markcopley7366]

THE FILM HAUNTED ME

[@stevieroger7478]

This is one of the most beautiful and emotion-evoking pieces of music I've ever heard. And it fits so well with the events of the film.

[@4760jim]

Heard this in an australian film as a child and the music was beautiful.When I was young there was this thing on tv where children were sking.There was no talk it was just this beautiful piano music playing through it and was absolutely beautiful but could never find out what it was.

[@angelthman]

The best Australian film ever and the best soundtrack from an Australian movie ever.

[@davelister1]

Walkabout and badlands, among the god given films of beauty !

[@alanbell8009]

I think this is the first Romanian pan flute music I ever heard and I fell in love with it immediately.

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Thank you. As life would have it, in 1975 I produced the film and some years later, I was fortunate to marry a dear woman from Romania.

[@woodlandwalk2545]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[@rbmossx1432]

The film itself goes hand in hand with the mysterious sensual other-worldliness of the soundtrack.

[@crystalsparrowyoung5056]

Saw movie last week and has an ever lasting effect on me. Just seems as though it was a true story. Excellent music!

[@stevesheppardmusic]

One of the deepest films i have seen

[@EdwardPCampbell]

I once played this on vinyl to a hard bitten bipolar genius and the tears were streaming down his face... that was over 45 years ago.

[@johntrueblue]

I was only 9-10 yrs old when i saw this movie (now 56) and this music still brings back memories of this movie. This and "The Shining" be the only two movie that have any mental impact to me after so many years.

[@alexdubois1281]

Try 'Martyr' that'll imact your psyche for months.

[@rebeccasimantov5476]

Have you seen "Misery"?

[@arimatea62]

'Das ganze Sein ist Traum, und selbst die Träume sind Traum'. Dieser Film ist gigantisch schön, überwältigend; dieser Film ist so schön, daß es schmerzt!

[@khanno01]

Have always loved the movie, but never heard the soundtrack properly like this. Amazing, breathtaking, and other things words can't describe. Thanks for posting this!!!!

[@fishmantas]

Every time I listen to this,I feel like my heart gets ripped out of my chest while my mother holds me in her embrace........but I still keep coming back to it.

[@railwaystationmaster]

The soundtrack that coats the sub conscience with its eluvian spell and leaves the listener totally enraptured , allied to the movie it becomes like a maze easy to stumble into yet impossible to escape from ,and given Miranda may be hidden somewhere inside , who would even wish to.

[@ejazhussain5594]

Haunting, sad, sombre, Morose, beguiling, bewitching yet................................ the music is still so inspirational! A rare unique quality to this music that perhaps has never been recreated in any other work?

[@hailaminzu]

The high note at 8:45 makes my heart stop beating for a little while, it create chaos in my soul. This atmosphere, what, what is this? I can't...I'm in heaven... If you guys know another song like this song, recommend me please...

[@iaindunbar1578]

doina de jale...also by georghe zamfir

[@jorichie601]

I had lost all trace of this fabulous music - Doina de Jale ! Thank you.

[@Joshuabishop]

watch the movie!

[@dannyinaus]

that happen becasue you old with weak heart. You should only listen to soft boring music like religious songs. Old people make me sick. Always complaining about their ailments. Well guess what, nobody cares.

[@dannyinaus]

I did watch it. I don't like that fat, needy girl that got left behind. She was smelly.

[@denisefreitas6727]

One of the most beautiful movies i've ever seen. One of my favorites of all time.

[@Gon_casco]

The music. The mistery. Time, darkness and magic. The chills 🖤

[@adrianmorris5546]

This music is absolutely haunting and full of mystery and magic just like the film full of suspense and the unknown forces

[@damienlavelle7546]

My all time favourite movie & music Being at the hanging rock in Victoria is a great experience very spooky

[@bentudor5254]

Like everyone else that has commented, wonderful, haunting film. Gorgeous music. I play this music every night, it helps her get to sleep. The movie is one of her favorites, too

[@petergrundy8081]

It chilled me as a child I didn’t like it yet was attracted to it like walking to the edge of a cliff it’s haunted almost deathly but soulful Like a requiem

[@luxlisbon7979]

this music shapes my whole existence

[@ListenToManicAntenna]

There are some amazing comments on this video and yours is one of my favorites. It's nice to know there are others who understand the power of great music.

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

I am happy that you should have happiness that the music I found from Zamfir, can shape your existence

[@jamesmcelroy5459]

Yes, and it certainly shaped my existence having found the music. Also, a dear friend Ann Lambert who was to act in the film.

[@clarestubbs9303]

The music gives me goosebumps and the film is disturbing but beautiful.

[@a.w.1906]

I saw it for the first time in 1978 or 1979. I can't remember the exact Year. I was 10 Years old. After watching it once, this movie never went out of my mind again. Even as a 10 Year old I understood the genius behind it. Later on I understood more of the historical circumstances, the end of the Victorian Era. The World was changing. Extremely technical progress everywhere, Electricity, Industrial revolution grew to unimagined size. The old world with old values and old moral views disappeared. It's hard to explain, for me it seems, that this time had an slower life rythm, everything covered by a veil of strong moral views, and a unexplainble form of sadness.Almost, as if the whole British Empire would mourne with her Queen. As if the whole Empire was dreaming, and this dream was over now. There were two historical events later, that ended this era completely, the sinking of the Titanic, and WW1. After that, the World had changed completely and the Victorian Era was forgotten. But strangely, this time has a special beauty that is extremely fascinating. And this movie captures the mood of this time perfectly. It's a gem.

[@ClovisPoint]

me too saw it at the Drive in [was 10 or 12 it think ] the ads were on TV for it showing

[@TheReptileGuy96]

The first time i saw this amazing film was a few hours after seeing the play. My sister played miranda for a college performance in the play and at first the music creeped me out so much then as i kept hearing it it completely mesmerised me so i borrowed the dvd from my sister and went home and watched it and both were just amazing! :)

[@oliviawatts2605]

One of my literature courses is watching this during class rn. We’re about 30 min from the end of the movie and this theme and movie have just been at the back of my mind all week. I can’t stop thinking about it

[@richardhamilton8087]

An Awesome thought provoking Movie.The many.What ifs.The music sets the scene of errieness.This has got to be one of the best 1970s movies.

[@Revilo1959]

Habe den Film in den 70iger Jahren gesehen und ich konnte ihn nie mehr vergessen. Über 30 Jahre später habe ich mir die DVD gekauft und bin von dem Film noch genauso eingenommen wie damals! Die Musik, die Bilder, das Mystische...einmalig! Aber sicher nicht jedermanns Sache!

[@MarcusLeziria]

This music never left my mind. I was around 7 years when I saw it. The film and music sounded mysterious and forbidden. It made me fear and expect the unknown. By then that was the ay I felt. It added to the mystery of the film.

[@robotype]

all time favourite (together with the wicker man). the music enhances the atmosphere and I have to say the italian dubbing makes it even more eerie!!