Ken Russell - The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)

It is a biography of Anton Bruckner.
The Guardian called it "charming".
The 'strange affliction' is Bruckner's obsession with numbers. He counts everything around him ceaselessly and has been packed off to a late 19th century sanatorium for a treatment of cold baths and TLC.

[@christinemartin63]

What must it be like to be so out of step with the world around you ... and be a hypersensitive genius ... and be eccentric ... and be a bit mad??
Russell knows ... and can show us on film better than I've really ever seen anyone do.

[@daisuke6072]

God be praised for Anton Bruckner.

[@evanlohning]

Hey, thanks for putting this up. Appreciated.

[@marcelouz1]

This movie from the end of the century is very interesting, although it only shows a controversial stage of his life, I am not sure that he was taken to a kind of sanatorium, but it is true that he suffered from certain psychological disorders such as being a manic depressive or Bipolar disorder.
He never married and was chaste all his life, but his music was inspired directly from God.

[@GreenTeaViewer]

I'm not sure whether he went voluntarily or not, but it's true that Bruckner went to a spa/sanatorium for his mental health as the movie depicts.

[@marcelouz1]

@@GreenTeaViewer interesting, could you send me some sources?

[@GreenTeaViewer]

@@marcelouz1 here's Britannica: "Late in 1866 Bruckner suffered a severe nervous collapse, from which he recovered after three months in a sanatorium, though intense depressions would later trouble him." I have two biographies of Bruckner, not accessible to me at the moment but they have more details. This Ken Russell movie is quite a weird one with its sex scene being completely fictional and out of character, but yes Bruckner did stay at a sanitorium. Keep in mind the mental health paradigm was totally different at that time. He was seen as "suffering from nerves" and needing "the water cure."

[@sambo7499]

Ken Russel the Great!

[@GrahamHigson]

This has been cut. It is not the full version.

[@babonicarlos]

Poor Anton Bruckner...

[@ChipsAplentyBand]

Bach's TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN-B(?!) MINOR-?!!

[@QHarefield]

They do exist separately, and are beautiful, even though, in the film, he goes on to play the D minor! If you like Bach they are worth a listen:
ua-cam.com/video/9qzHgtU0zzU/v-deo.html&ab_channel=BassieClassical

[@GusMonastratenorOperaClassical]

Yes: Toccata and Fugue in B minor BWV 923/951

[@G.v.5049]

Soli Deo Gloria ‼Thx Bruckner