No. 47: The Sound of Music
The hills are alive
December 07, 2011
1965, dir. Robert Wise. The hills are alive with the sound of counter-factual Jewish wish-fulfillment in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s beloved musical, which deflects the tragedy of World War II onto the feel-good story of the von Trapp family. Kitsch bliss.
Matthew Fishbane is Creative Director at Tablet magazine.