Wagner as seen through the eyes of 16 film directors

Wagner's music has  been used many times in film and has in turn influenced, if nor created, film music. An idea discussed in some detail in . "Wagner and Cinema".  What is perhaps must fascinating is how a different director will use Wagner's music to serve their own ends. Below is a brief selection. But we start, in our usual perverse manner, with a silent film; Luis Buñuel's 1928 Un Chien Andalou. And why a silent film? Because in 1960 Brunel added a sound track.

Un Chien Andalou - 1929

"8½" - 1963

Blues Brothers - 1980

Aria - 1987

Ludwig - 1972

The New World - 2005

Melancholia 

The Big Broadcast - 1938

The Great Dictator - 1940

Apocalypse Now - 1979

Excalibur

Hi Diddle Diddle - 1943

Murder! - 1930

Old School  - 2003

Birth - 2004

And of Course:

Whats Opera Doc - 1957