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.