Immortal Beloved

Every person needs a little mystery in their lives to keep the mind working, but when you take that mystery to the grave without explaining anything to others they must pick up the pieces and try too solve the mystery themselves. Here the great love of Beethoven goes beyond his music and the direct people in his life, and reaches back from his lonely death. Having a mystery to solve to bring true closure to the death of Beethoven is an interesting idea and it helped bring out his genuine artistic and romantic passions that only a few people in his life really saw.When Ludwig von Beethoven dies, he leaves his entire estate to a woman who is only identified as My Immortal Beloved; his secretary then begins searching for this true love of his life. Gary Oldman plays Ludwig von Beethoven and portrays the gifted composer as the distant and menacing person that he probably truly was. Oldman also does a convincing job at playing a deaf man and plays it so well that you feel the loneliness and hardships that go along with this affliction. As period pieces go, visually this film has a lot to offer between the sets that used and the countryside were the exteriors were shot, you feel as if you are in the late 1820s in Vienna. The story is mainly told in flashback mode to help with the mystery of discovering who this woman in Beethoven's life is, and the make up job done on Oldman only enhances the effect of jumping from year to year. The other magnificent aspect of this film is the music, there isn't anything stronger and more provoking than this great composers works.
Finding your true love in life can be a daunting exercise in futility, and if you don't put your heart and mind in the right state your love could pass you by without even knowing it. But if you do find them hold on to them for all your worth, for as we get older happiness and well being are the things that we all want at the close of our time on this Earth. This isn't one of those films you'll watch over and over again but if you've never seen it before, and enjoy classical music, I recommend that you watch this with a loved one.