Bach’s Toccata Cinematic Anthem of Psychopathy

Bach’s Toccata Cinematic Anthem of Psychopathy

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If we’re to go by “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” (1931), “The Black Cat” (1934), “The Raven” (1935), “Sunset Boulevard” (1950), “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea” (1954), “The Great Race” (1965), “Rollerball” (1975), and “The Phantom of the Opera” (1962, and not infrequently 1925), Johann Sebastian Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor is the depraved anthem of cinematic psychopathy, degeneracy, and dystopia.

“The Silence of the Lambs” (1991) opts for something a bit more elegant. Here is an academic essay on Hannibal Lecter’s fondness for the “Goldberg Variations.”

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/02690403.2012.669929


Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Sunset Boulevard

20,000 Leagues

The Phantom of the Opera

The Great Race

Rollerball

The Silence of the Lambs


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